John Graham Ramsay (born 1931) is a British structural geologist. He went to Imperial College London and became a full professor in 1966. In the following year he published his first book, Folding and Fracturing of Rocks, which garnered him attention in structural geology.

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  • John Graham Ramsay (born 1931) is a British structural geologist. He went to Imperial College London and became a full professor in 1966. In the following year he published his first book, Folding and Fracturing of Rocks, which garnered him attention in structural geology. He went on to win awards in his field Left: John Graham Ramsay in Ullapool, June 2007:Right :With Ian Dalziel at the occasion of the centenary of the Peach Horne memoir (in summer 2007)on the geological structure of the northwest highlands of Scotland
  • John Graham Ramsay is een Brits geoloog, die onderzocht hoe gesteenten deformeren als gevolg van tektonische spanningen. Ramsay wordt beschouwd als één van de belangrijkste structureel geologen van de vorige eeuw. Ramsay studeerde geologie aan het Imperial College, waar hij in 1954 promoveerde op onderzoek naar deformatie in gesteenten in de Schotse Hooglanden. Na zijn militaire dienst ging hij in 1957 aan het Imperial College lesgeven, later werd hij hoogleraar aan de University of London en de University of Leeds. Vanaf 1977 tot zijn emeritaat was hij verbonden aan de Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule van Zürich. Ramsay schreef een aantal tekstboeken over structurele geologie.
  • John Graham Ramsay é um geólogo britânico. É considerado um dos principais geólogos estruturais do século XX. Concluiu em 1952 seus estudos de nível universitário no Departamento de Geologia da Imperial College de Londres e, em 1954, obteve seu título de Ph.D. Em 1957, após ter cumprido o serviço militar passou a trabalhar na Imperial College. Em seguida, assumiu como professor na Universidade de Londres e na Universidade de Leeds. De 1977 a 1992 foi professor de Geologia na Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule e Universidade de Zurique, onde atualmente é professor emérito, além de professor honorário na Universidade de Cardiff, País de Gales. É membro de várias sociedades científicas e homenageado com várias concessões científicas, entre elas foi laureado com a Medalha Bigsby em 1973 e a Medalha Wollaston em 1986, ambas pela Sociedade Geológica de Londres.
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  • John Graham Ramsay (born 1931) is a British structural geologist. He went to Imperial College London and became a full professor in 1966. In the following year he published his first book, Folding and Fracturing of Rocks, which garnered him attention in structural geology.
  • John Graham Ramsay is een Brits geoloog, die onderzocht hoe gesteenten deformeren als gevolg van tektonische spanningen. Ramsay wordt beschouwd als één van de belangrijkste structureel geologen van de vorige eeuw. Ramsay studeerde geologie aan het Imperial College, waar hij in 1954 promoveerde op onderzoek naar deformatie in gesteenten in de Schotse Hooglanden.
  • John Graham Ramsay é um geólogo britânico. É considerado um dos principais geólogos estruturais do século XX. Concluiu em 1952 seus estudos de nível universitário no Departamento de Geologia da Imperial College de Londres e, em 1954, obteve seu título de Ph.D. Em 1957, após ter cumprido o serviço militar passou a trabalhar na Imperial College. Em seguida, assumiu como professor na Universidade de Londres e na Universidade de Leeds.
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