Peter John Wyllie

British petrologist and academic (born 1930)

Peter John Wyllie (born 8 February 1930, in London, England) is a British petrologist and academic.²

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Born Feb 8, 1930.¹

About

He was Professor of Geology at the California Institute of Technology from 1983 until his retirement in 1999. Prior to this, he held positions at the University of St Andrews (1955–56), Pennsylvania State University (1958–59 and 1961–66), the University of Leeds (1959–61), and the University of Chicago (1965–83). He is well known for his many contributions to the understanding of magmatism, particularly through his work on the experimental petrology of magmas and volatiles. In the early 1970s, Wyllie wrote two widely used textbooks; The Dynamic Earth (1971) and The Way the Earth Works (1976) which integrated the new understanding of magmatism and plate tectonics. He is also famous for his contributions to the coverage of earth sciences in the Encyclopædia Britannica, particularly his outline of the field in Part Two of the Propædia. Wyllie was President of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) from 1995 to 1999.

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Companies

International Mineralogical AssociationChair 1986 to 1990¹²

Early life and education

Date not recordedUniversity of St Andrews³

Career

Occupation: geologist, university teacher, mineralogist.⁶

1986 to 1990Chair, International Mineralogical Association⁵
Date not recordedWorked at California Institute of Technology⁴
Date not recordedWorked at University of Chicago⁴
Date not recordedWorked at University of Pennsylvania⁴

Personal life

BornFeb 8, 1930, London⁷
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom⁸
SpouseFrances Rosemary Wyllie⁹

Awards

2001Leopold-von-Buch-Plaque¹⁰
2001Roebling Medal¹⁰
1987Abraham Gottlob Werner Medal in silver¹⁰
1982Wollaston Medal^{10 11}
Date not recordedFellow of the Royal Society¹⁰
Date not recordedPolar Medal¹⁰

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