Background
Peacock, Martin Alfred was born on January 15, 1898 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Son of Alfred Norman and Antonie Ida (Fuller) Peacock.
scientist university professor
Peacock, Martin Alfred was born on January 15, 1898 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Son of Alfred Norman and Antonie Ida (Fuller) Peacock.
Bachelor of Science, Glasgow University, Scotland, 1922, Doctor of Philosophy, 1925, Doctor of Science, 1932. Master of Arts, Harvard, 1927; research associate in crystallography, University of Heidelberg, summers 1929, 33.
Research associate mineralogy Harvard, 1932-1937. Associate professor mineralogy and petrography University of Toronto, Canada, 1937-1942, professor mineralogy, 1942-1946, professor crystallography and mineralogy since 1946.
Member Canadian National Committee on Crystallography. Member Royal Society Canada, Walker Mineral. Club, Geological Society American (vice president 1948), Mineral.
Society American (president 1948), Mineral.
Society of Great Britain (abstractor since 1941), Crystallographic Society of America.
Married Katharine Louisa West, April. Children: Barbara Clendon, Nancy Bligh.