Background
Read, Herbert Harold was born on December 17, 1889 in Whitstable, Kent, England. Son of Herbert and Caroline (Keam) Read.
Read, Herbert Harold was born on December 17, 1889 in Whitstable, Kent, England. Son of Herbert and Caroline (Keam) Read.
Bachelor of Science, Imperial College, U. England, 1912, Doctor of Science, 1924. Doctor of Science, Columbia, 1954, U. Dublin (Ireland), 1956.
Mistress Peter Alexander Colligan). With Her Majesty Geological Survey, Scotland, 1914-1931. George Heidman professor geology U. Liverpool (England), 1931-1938.
Professor Imperial College, U. London, 1939-1955, professor emeritus, 1955-1970, pro-rector, 1952-1955, dean Royal School Mines, 1943-1945.
Walker-Ames visiting professor U. Washington, Seattle, 1949, Alexander du Toit Memorial lecturer Johannesburg, South Africa, 1951.
Quotations: "The best geologist is the one who has seen the most rocks." (H H Read, 1940).
Fellow Royal Society (Royal medal 1963), Royal Society Edinburgh, Geological Society London (Wollaston medal 1952, Bigsby medal 1955). Member Geological Society Portugal. Member Societe Geologique de Belgique (A. Dumont medal 1950), Geological Society American (Penrose medal 1967), Societe geologique de France, French Academy Sciences, Associe de l’Academie Royale de Belgique (priz Fourmarier 1960).
Member Royal College Science London (associate), Norweigian Academy, Geological Society Edinburgh (past president), Geological Society Liverpool (past president), Geologists Association (past president), Geological Society London, International Geological Congress.
Married Edith Browning, June 21, 1917.