John G. Ramsay#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 623 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 1989 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FRANCE |
John G. Ramsay passed away January 12, 2021.
Positions Held
- Professor Emeritus at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) and University of Zürich
- 1976 Professor of Geology and Head of the then Department of Earth Sciences at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) and University of Zürich
- 1966 Professor of Structural Geology, Imperial College
- 1957 Teaching position at the Geology department, Imperial College
Fields of Scholarship
- Structural geology
Honours and Awards
- Doctorat Honoris Causa" of the University of Rennes, France
- Honorary professor at the University of Cardiff, Wales
- 1962 C. T. Clough medal of the Geological Society of Scotland
- 1973 Bigsby Medal of the Geological Society of London
- 1986 Wollaston Medal of the Geological Society of London
- 1989 Société Géologique de France Prestwich Medal
- 1984 Sir Arthur Holmes Medal of the European Union of Geosciences (EGU)
- 1988 University of Liège medal
- 1992 Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the Queen's 1992 Birthday Honours list
- 1973 Fellow of the Royal Society in 1973
- Honorary Fellowships of the Geological Society of America, the Société Géologique de France, the Indian National Science Academy, the American Geophysical Union, the US National Academy of Sciences and the Geological Society of the UK
