Background
Swithinbank, Charles Winthrop was born on November 17, 1926 in Pegu, Burma. Arrived in England, 1933. Son of Bernard Winthrop and Dorothea (Molesworth) Swithinbank.
Swithinbank, Charles Winthrop was born on November 17, 1926 in Pegu, Burma. Arrived in England, 1933. Son of Bernard Winthrop and Dorothea (Molesworth) Swithinbank.
Bachelor, University of Oxford, l949; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Oxford, l955; Doctor of Engineering (honorary), Milwaukee School Engineering, l989.
Glaciologist, Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, l949-55; research associate, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, l959-63; chief glaciologist, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, England, l97l-74; head earth science, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, England, l974-86; consultant glaciologist, Cambridge, l986-; research fellow, Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, l955-59; research appointment, Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, l963-7l; associate, Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, l987-. Field work in Gambia, Iceland, Ross Ice Shelf, Transantarctic Mountains, Soviet Antarctic, North Pole, Greenland, Antarctic Peninsula, Ellsworth Mountains, others, since 1947. Vice president International Commision on Snow and Ice, 1979-1983.
Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, l944-47. Fellow Royal Geography Society (life. Mistress Patrick Ness award 1954, Patron's medal 1971), American Geography Society (honorary life), Arctic Institute North America (life).
Member Swedish Society Anthropology and Geography (life), American Association for the Advancement of Science (life), National Geography Society, Antarctican Society, International Glaciological Society (president 1981-1984), Antarctic Club, Arctic Club, Sigma Xi (life).
Married Mary Stewart, August l7, l960 (deceased March 1999). Children: Carol, Kelvin.