Background
Hattersley-Smith, Geoffrey Francis was born on April 22, 1923 in London. Son of Wilfred Percy Ashby and Ethel Mary (Willcocks) H.-S.
Hattersley-Smith, Geoffrey Francis was born on April 22, 1923 in London. Son of Wilfred Percy Ashby and Ethel Mary (Willcocks) H.-S.
Student, Winchester College, England, 1937-1941; Bachelor, University of Oxford, England, 1948; Master of Arts, University of Oxford, England, 1951; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Oxford, England, 1956.
Base leader, Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, 1948-1950; defense science staff officer, Defense Research Board, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 1951-1973; principal science officer, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, England, 1973-1991. Secretary Antarctic place names committee Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London,1975-1991.
Sub-Lieutenant RNVR, 1942-1946. Fellow Royal Society of Canada (Academy of Sciences), Royal Geography Society (Founder's Gold medal 1966), Arctic Institute N. American (governor 1963-1966), Arctic Circle Club (president 1967-1969), Arctic Club (honorary. President 1976), Antarctic Club (London) (committee member Cape Halterey Smith, Black Coast, Antarctic (Pennsylvania).
Married Maria Kefallinou, May 12, 1955. Children: Kara Mary, Fiona Anastasia.