Background
Harris, Anthony Leonard was born on May 11, 1935 in Cardiff, Wales. Son of Thomas Haydn and Dora (Wilkinson) Harris.
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Harris, Anthony Leonard was born on May 11, 1935 in Cardiff, Wales. Son of Thomas Haydn and Dora (Wilkinson) Harris.
Bachelor of Science, University College Wales, Aberstwyth, 1956. Doctor of Philosophy, University College Wales, Aberstwyth, 1959.
From science officer to principal science officer, British Geological Survey, Scotland, 1959-1971; lecturer, reader in geology, U. Liverpool, England, 1971-1983; head department earth science, U. Liverpool, 1983-1994; professor geology, U. Liverpool, since 1987; dean of science faculty, U. Liverpool, since 1994. Chairman research grants committee National Environmental Research Council, 1990-1993. Chairman international geological correlation program Royal Society, London, 1990-1993.
Fellow Geological Society London (secretary 1979-1982, president 1990-1992, Murchison Fund award 1976, Major John Coke medal 1984), Royal Society Edinburgh, Geological Society of America, Edinburgh Geological Society, Geological Society Liverpool (president 1989-1991).
Married Muriel Noreen Jones, August 29, 1959. Children: Elisabeth Sian Jones, David Huw Mendus.