Nancy Kirk

Dr. Nancy Kirk (1916-2005) was a British geologist who developing original theories regarding the life habits of graptolites.[1][2] She was a protegee of O.T. Jones.[3]

During her time at Newnham College, Cambridge, she originally intended to study Botany but soon switched to Geology were she received first class marks in her final exams in 1939.[4] She was awarded her PhD in Geology in 1949 for her work along the Church Stretton fault zone and the area west of the Knighton Sheet[5] afterwards she worked at Birmingham University.[4] In 1953 she was appointed assistant lecturer in the Geology Department at Aberystwyth University, and became a full lecturer in 1955 and continued in the department even after her retirement in 1983.[6]

It was reported on her death that she was a committed Marxist with the Red Flag been played at her service.[6] After her death, the Nancy Kirk Viewpoint was created, through donations by former students and colleagues that is situated at the northernmost point of Pant Da nature reserve.[7]

Awards

While at Newnham College, Cambridge, she received the Bathurst Prize, a Harkness Scholarship, and a Bathurst Research Studentship.[4] In 1954, Kirk won the Munchison Fund of The Geological Society of the UK.[8]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.ccgc.gov.uk/landscape--wildlife/geological-gems/geologists-who-changed-the-map/nancy-kirk.aspx
  2. ↑ http://www.abergeologists.net/nancykirk.html
  3. ↑ Wyatt, A. R. (2007-01-01). "Nancy Kirk: turning the world of graptolites upside down". Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 281 (1): 325–333. doi:10.1144/SP281.22. ISSN 0305-8719.
  4. 1 2 3 "Nancy Kirk 1916 – 2005: – Aber Geologists". abergeologists.net. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
  5. ↑ Thomas, CW; Kendall, R (2017). "Welsh Borderland Geological Framework Project: The geology and applied geological issues of the region around Knighton, Powys: a scoping study" (PDF). British Geological Survey: 1–45.
  6. 1 2 Wyatt, Anthony (2005). "Nancy Kirk 1916 - 2005" (PDF). The Paleontology Newsletter: 56–60.
  7. ↑ Lawrence, Steve (2009). "Cylchgrawn Prifysgol Aberystwyth; The Magazine of Aberystwyth University" (PDF). Cylchgrawn Prifysgol Aberystwyth. 18: 1–48.
  8. ↑ "The Geological Society of London - Murchison Fund". www.geolsoc.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-08-10.


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