Fourmarier Medal, Royal Academy of Belgium, 1957
Item
Identifier: Coll-545/8
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
11 medals, 9 within their original presentation boxes, presented to Arthur Holmes between 1937 and 1964.
Dates
- Creation: 1957
Creator
Biographical / Historical
Paul Fourmarier (1877 – 1970) was a Belgian geologist and specialist in tectonics. Fourmarier became a professor of geology at the University of Liège in 1920. His specialist area was the study of fold structures and cleavage and he described the overthrust nappes in the Ardennes. At one time a medal was awaded in his honour.
Extent
1 medal
Creator
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
Contact:
Centre for Research Collections
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Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk