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THE council of the Geological Society has made the following awards : Wollaston Medal to Sir Edward Bailey, formerly director of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, in recognition of his researches on the mineral structure of the earth, especially the stratigraphy, structure and petrology of Scotland ; Murchison Medal to Dr. J. Phemister, of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, in recognition of his important researches on the igneous and metamorphic rocks of the northern Highlands and his valuable contributions to petrology, mineralogy and geophysics ; Lyell Medal to Prof. A. H. Cox, professor of geology at University College, Cardiff, for his researches, particularly on the stratigraphy and petrology of the Lower Palæozoic rocks of Wales ; Prestwich Medal to the Abbé Henri Breuil, for his researches on the Quaternary, and especially for his investigations, begun in France, on the succession and correlation of Pleistocene deposits by their contained human artefacts ; Wollaston Fund to Dr. J. G. C. Anderson, of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, in recognition of his researches on metamorphic and economic geology and particularly of his work on the Moine and Dalradian rocks of Scotland and Eire ; Murchison Fund to Dr. F. W. Cope, of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, for his researches on the stratigraphy and palæontology of the Carboniferous rocks of Derbyshire and adjacent regions ; Lyell Fund in two moieties to (1) Dr. Dorothy Rayner, lecturer in geology in the University of Leeds, for her outstanding work on the Mesozoic fishes, notably on the neurocranium, and relationships of the holosteans ; and (2) Mr. W. D. Ware, for his researches on Carboniferous stratigraphy and palæontology in South Wales.
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Geological Society : Awards. Nature 161, 122 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161122c0
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