Henry Emeleus

Henry Emeleus
Emeleus at Burlington House in 2016
Born	(1930-09-04)September 4, 1930 Belfast
Died	11 November 2017(2017-11-11) (aged 87) Durham, England
Alma mater	Queen's University Belfast; Wadham College, University of Oxford
Awards	Prestwich Medal (2016) Collins Medal (2010)
Scientific career
Fields	Geology, Volcanology, Mineralogy, Petrology
Institutions	University of Durham
Doctoral advisor	Bill Wager
Notable students	Marjorie Wilson

Charles Henry Emeleus (4 September 1930 – 11 November 2017) was a British igneous petrologist. He specialized in the Paleogene volcanic rocks of Britain and Greenland.[1][2]

Personal life

Henry Emeleus was born in Belfast in 1930. He was the son of physicist Karl George Emeléus, a lecturer (and later professor) at Queen's University Belfast, and nephew of chemist Harry Julius Emeléus.

Emeleus died on 11 November 2017 in Durham, UK.[3]

Research

Emeleus studied geology at Queen's University Belfast (BSc 1952.MSc 1953) and then went to work with Bill Wager at Oxford, where he was a student at Wadham College. He completed his doctorate there in 1957. During this period, he was introduced to the layered igneous rocks of Greenland and Rùm, where he initially worked with George Malcolm Brown.

In addition to his teaching and research into igneous rocks, Emeleus was a highly capable petrologist. The mineral emeleusite, a colorless sodium silicate, is named after him.[4][5][6]

Awards

• Prestwich Medal of the Geological Society of London, 2016[7]
• Collins Medal of the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 2010. Quote from VMSG Newsletter: "Henry Emeleus received the Collins Medal for an outstanding contribution to pure and applied aspects of Mineral Sciences and associated studies during a long and active career."[8]
• Clough Medal of the Edinburgh Geological Society, 1994.[9]
• Chancellor's Medal of the University of Durham, 2014.[5]

References

1. Emeleus, C. H.; Troll, V. R. (August 2014). "The Rum Igneous Centre, Scotland". Mineralogical Magazine. 78 (4): 805–839. Bibcode:2014MinM...78..805E. doi:10.1180/minmag.2014.078.4.04. ISSN 0026-461X. S2CID 129549874.
2. Upton, B.G.J.; Emeleus, C.H.; Rex, D.C.; Thirlwall, M.F. (November 1995). "Early Tertiary magmatism in NE Greenland". Journal of the Geological Society. 152 (6): 959–964. Bibcode:1995JGSoc.152..959U. doi:10.1144/gsl.jgs.1995.152.01.13. ISSN 0016-7649. S2CID 140662137.
3. "Charles Henry Emeleus - Durham University". www.dur.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
4. Emeleus, C. H. (Charles Henry) (2008). A geological excursion guide to Rum : the Palaeocene igneous rocks of the Isle of Rum, Inner Hebrides. Troll, V. R. Edinburgh [Scotland]: Edinburgh Geological Society. ISBN 978-1-905267-22-4. OCLC 437092879.
5. Jon Davidson. "Orations for Honorary Awards" (PDF). University of Durham. University of Durham. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
6. "Emeleusite". Mineralogy Database. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
7. "2016 Awards: Citations and Replies". Geological Society of London. Geological Society of London. June 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
8. Vye, Charlotte (February 2010), "VMSG Annual Meeting Report" (PDF), Newsletter of the Volcanic and Magmatic Studies Group, London, retrieved 13 November 2017
9. "Medallists and Award Winners". Edinburgh Geological Society. Edinburgh Geological Society. Retrieved 13 November 2017.