Background
DEER, William was born on October 26, 1910 in Manchester. Son of William Deer and the late Davina Cunningham.
DEER, William was born on October 26, 1910 in Manchester. Son of William Deer and the late Davina Cunningham.
Elementary and Central High School, Manchester, and University of Manchester and Cambridge.
Lecturer, University of Manchester 1937-1939. Senior 1851 Research Fellow 1939-1940. Research Fellow, Saint John"s College, Cambridge 1939-1947.
Served War of 1939-1945, Royal Engineers (Lieutenant-Colonel).
Demonstrator, Mineralogy Department, Cambridge University 1946-1950. Tutor, Saint John"s College 1948-1950.
Professor, of Geology, Manchester University 1950-1961. Professor, of Mineralogy and Petrology, Cambridge University 196178, Professor Emeritus since 1978.
Master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge 1966-1975.
ViceChancellor, Cambridge University 1971-1973. President Mineralogical Society 1968-1970. President Geological Society 1969-1971.
Greenland expeditions 1935, 1936, 1953, 1966.
Honorary Fellow, Saint John"s College, Cambridge, Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Trustee, British Museum 1966-1975.
Honorary Doctor of Science (Aberdeen) 1983. Daniel Pigeon.
Natural Environment Research Council 1968-1971.
Married 1st Margaret Marjorie Kidd in 1939 (died in 1971), 2nd Rita Tagg in 1973.