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{{Short description|American scientist focusing on geochemistry}} |
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'''Roy S. Clarke''' is an American scientist focusing on [[geochemistry]]. |
'''Roy S. Clarke''' is an American scientist focusing on [[geochemistry]]. |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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Clark got his education in [[Cornell University]], where he got his bachelor's degree in 1949. In 1957 he got his master's degree in [[geochemistry]] at [[George Washington University]]. He became a member of [[Smithsonian Institution]] in 1957.<ref name=mnh>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mnh.si.edu/onehundredyears/profiles/Roy_Clarke.html |title=Some biography and works |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160122012133/http://www.mnh.si.edu/onehundredyears/profiles/Roy_Clarke.html |archive-date=2016-01-22 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Starting from 1966, he was an associate curator in the |
Clark got his education in [[Cornell University]], where he got his bachelor's degree in 1949. In 1957 he got his master's degree in [[geochemistry]] at [[George Washington University]]. He became a member of [[Smithsonian Institution]] in 1957.<ref name=mnh>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mnh.si.edu/onehundredyears/profiles/Roy_Clarke.html |title=Some biography and works |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160122012133/http://www.mnh.si.edu/onehundredyears/profiles/Roy_Clarke.html |archive-date=2016-01-22 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Starting from 1966, he was an associate curator in the department of mineral sciences, a division of National Museum of Natural History, and in 1970, got a position as [[curator]] at the same place. Later in life, he got a position of curator [[emeritus]] at the NMNH. He is famous for his chemical analysis of [[meteorite]]s and [[mineral]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_217850|title=Biography|publisher=[[Smithsonian Institution Archives]]|accessdate=April 25, 2012}}</ref> He still works as research chemist emeritus in the division of meteorites at the museum. |
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==Works== |
==Works== |
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Latest revision as of 13:05, 2 August 2023
Roy S. Clarke is an American scientist focusing on geochemistry.
Biography
[edit]Clark got his education in Cornell University, where he got his bachelor's degree in 1949. In 1957 he got his master's degree in geochemistry at George Washington University. He became a member of Smithsonian Institution in 1957.[1] Starting from 1966, he was an associate curator in the department of mineral sciences, a division of National Museum of Natural History, and in 1970, got a position as curator at the same place. Later in life, he got a position of curator emeritus at the NMNH. He is famous for his chemical analysis of meteorites and minerals.[2] He still works as research chemist emeritus in the division of meteorites at the museum.
Works
[edit]Books written:[1]
- Meteorites and the Smithsonian
Books edited:
- Volume about the Port Orford meteorite hoax
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Some biography and works". Archived from the original on 2016-01-22.
- ^ "Biography". Smithsonian Institution Archives. Retrieved April 25, 2012.
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