Background
McConnell, James Desmond was born on July 3, 1930 in Lisburn, Ireland. Son of Samuel David and Cathleen (Coulter) McConnell.
McConnell, James Desmond was born on July 3, 1930 in Lisburn, Ireland. Son of Samuel David and Cathleen (Coulter) McConnell.
Bachelor of Science, Queen's University, Belfast, Ireland, 1951. Master of Science, Queen's University, Belfast, Ireland, 1952. Doctor of Philosophy, Cambridge University, England, 1956.
Master of Arts, Cambridge University, England, 1956.
Lecturer 1960, Reader 1972-1982. Fellow, Churchill College, Cambridge 1962-1982, Extraordinary Fellow 1983-1988. Head of Department, of Rock Physics, Schlumberger Cambridge Research 1983-1986.
Professor, of the Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, Department, of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford since 1986. Fellow St. Hugh's College, Oxford since 1986.
Author: (book) Principles of Mineral Behavior, 1980. Contributor articles to professional journals.
Fellow: Royal Society London.
Local history, hill walking and singing.
Married Jean Elspeth Ironside, July 14, 1956. Children: Craig Coulter, Deirdre Simmen, Elspeth Jackson.