British geologist and mineralogist (1910-2001) regarded as one of the leading figures in his field in twentieth-century Britain. He was professor of geology at Durham University from 1950 to 1971 and director of the British Geological Survey from 1967 to 1975, supervised the Rookhope borehole project that discovered a concealed granite beneath the northern Pennines, and published extensively on the Northern Pennine Orefield. He was knighted in 1972 and received the Royal Medal in 1970 and the Wollaston Medal in 1976. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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born 1910-01-02
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born 1910
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died 2001-04-05
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died 2001
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born in Dorset
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died in Durham
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also known as Kingsley C. Dunham
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also known as Sir Kingsley Charles Dunham
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also known as K. C. Dunham
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citizen of United Kingdom
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Sir Kingsley Charles Dunham (2 January 1910 - 5 April 2001) was one of the leading British geologists and mineralogists of the 20th century.
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