Background
DEWEY, John was born on May 22, 1937 in London. Son of John Edward Dewey and Florence Nellie Mary Dewey.
DEWEY, John was born on May 22, 1937 in London. Son of John Edward Dewey and Florence Nellie Mary Dewey.
Bachelor of Science, London U., 1958; Doctor of Philosophy, London U., 1960; Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation, London U., 1960; Master of Arts, Cambridge, 1965; Doctor of Science, U. Cambridge, 1987; Master of Arts, University of Oxford, 1986; Doctor of Science, University of Oxford, 1988; Doctor of Science (honorary), Memorial U. New Foundland, 1995; Doctor of Laws (honorary), National U. Ireland, 1998.
Lecturer, U. Manchester, England, 1960-1964; university lecturer, Cambridge U., England, 1964-1970; professor, State University of New York, Albany, 1970-1980; distinguished professor, State University of New York, Albany, 1980-1982; professor geology, U. Durham, England, 1982-1986; professor geology Department Earth Sciences, U. Oxford, England, since 1986.
Fellow Geological Society American (Penrose medal 1992), Royal Society, American Geophysical Union, United States National Academy Sciences (foreign associate, Wollaston medal, Geological Society London, 1999).
Married Frances Mary Blackhurst in 1961.