Background
Shackleton, Nicholas John was born on June 23, 1937 in London. Son of Robert Milner and Gwen (Harland) Shackleton.
Shackleton, Nicholas John was born on June 23, 1937 in London. Son of Robert Milner and Gwen (Harland) Shackleton.
Bachelor, Cambridge (England) University, 1961; Doctor of Philosophy, Cambridge (England) University, 1967; Doctor of Science, Cambridge (England) University, 1984.
Senior research associate, Lamont-Doherty, since 1975;
official fellow, Clare Hall, Cambridge, since 1981;
reader, U. Cambridge, 1987-1991;
director, Sub-Department of Quarternary Research, U. Cambridge, since 1988;
ad hominen professor, Sub-Department of Quarternary Research, U. Cambridge, since 1991. Visiting professor Catholic U. Louvain-La-Neuve, 1994-1995, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zurich, 1979. Sr.vis. research fellow Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory, Columbia, 1974-1975.
Research fellow Clare Hall, Cambridge, 1974-1981. Assistant director research sub-department quaternary research, Cambridge, 1972-1985.
Fellow Royal Society London.
Married Judith Carola Murray, 1967(divorced 1975) m. Vivien Anne Law, 1986.