Background
BOTT, Martin Harold Phillips was born on July 12, 1926 in Stoke-on-Trent. Son of Harold Bott and Dorothy Bott (nee Phillips).
BOTT, Martin Harold Phillips was born on July 12, 1926 in Stoke-on-Trent. Son of Harold Bott and Dorothy Bott (nee Phillips).
Clayesmore School, Dorset, Keble College Oxford (army short course) and Magdalene College Cambridge.
From research fellow to professor geophysics University Durham, England, 1954—1988, professor emeritus England, since 1991. Research fellow geophysics division Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Zealand, 1988—1989. Committee member Research Council.
Chairman British National Communications for Geodesy and Geophysics. Chief delegate International Union for Geodesy and Geophysics, 1989, 93, various national and international conferences. Lieutenant British Army, 1945-1948.
Author: The Interior of the Earth, 1971, second edition, 1982. Contributor articles to professional journals.
Reader Anglican Church, Durham, 1960—1995. Fellow: Royal Astronomical Society, Geological Society London (Wollaston medal 1992, Murchison medal 1977, Clough medal 1979). Member: Royal Society London.
Lay Reader (Anglican Church), mountain w'alking, skiing etc.
Married Joyce Cynthia Hughes, April 17, 1961. Children: Andrew, Nicholas, Jacqueline.