Background
Robert Nockolds was born at Street Columb Major, Cornwall, the son of Doctor Stephen Nockolds, a surgeon of Brighton, and his wife Hilda Tomlinson.
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Stephen Nockolds
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He was educated at Ascham Street Vincent"s School, Eastbourne and at Felsted School where his interest in rocks already manifested itself. He then went to Manchester University and then took a Doctor of Philosophy at Trinity College, Cambridge.
Career
He became a Fellow of Trinity College, and lectured in petrology at Cambridge. In 1957 he became Reader in Geochemistry at Cambridge, and Emeritus Reader. In 1959 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society, and was also an Honorary Fellow of the Geological Society of India.
He published a leading work on petrology and a large number of papers in various journals as shown below.
In his retirement he devoted himself to his immaculate garden.
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Membership
Royal Society.
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February 7, 1990 (aged 80)