Alfred Harker FRS (19 February 1859 - 28 July 1939) was an English geologist who specialised in petrology and interpretive petrography. He worked for the Geological Survey of Scotland and conducted extensive surveying and geological studies of western Scotland and the Isle of Skye. He and other British geologists pioneered the use of thin sections and the petrographic microscope in interpretive petrology.

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  • Alfred Harker FRS (19 February 1859 - 28 July 1939) was an English geologist who specialised in petrology and interpretive petrography. He worked for the Geological Survey of Scotland and conducted extensive surveying and geological studies of western Scotland and the Isle of Skye. He and other British geologists pioneered the use of thin sections and the petrographic microscope in interpretive petrology.
  • Alfred Harker est un géologue britannique spécialisé dans la pétrologie et la pétrographie.
  • Alfred Harker foi um geólogo britânico. Foi um especialista em petrologia e petrografia. Foi laureado com a medalha Murchison em 1907 e a medalha Wollaston em 1922, ambas pela Sociedade Geológica de Londres. Pela Royal Society recebeu a Medalha Real em 1935.
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  • Harker, Alfred
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  • Alfred Harker FRS (19 February 1859 - 28 July 1939) was an English geologist who specialised in petrology and interpretive petrography. He worked for the Geological Survey of Scotland and conducted extensive surveying and geological studies of western Scotland and the Isle of Skye. He and other British geologists pioneered the use of thin sections and the petrographic microscope in interpretive petrology.
  • Alfred Harker est un géologue britannique spécialisé dans la pétrologie et la pétrographie.
  • Alfred Harker foi um geólogo britânico. Foi um especialista em petrologia e petrografia. Foi laureado com a medalha Murchison em 1907 e a medalha Wollaston em 1922, ambas pela Sociedade Geológica de Londres. Pela Royal Society recebeu a Medalha Real em 1935.
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  • Alfred Harker (petrologist)
  • Alfred Harker
  • Alfred Harker (petrologista)
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