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THE following awards of the Geological Society of London have recently been made: Wollaston Medal to Prof. G. A. F. Molengraaff, of Delft, in recognition of “his researches concerning the mineral structure of the earth”, in many widely separated areas, and especially in the Dutch East Indies and South Africa; Murchison Medal to Mr. E. E. L. Dixon, of H.M. Geological Survey, in recognition of the value of his geological researches, especially in South Wales and the north of England; a Lyell Medal to Mrs. Eleanor Mary Reid, in recognition of her researches on the fossil floras of the Tertiary and Pleistocene rocks; another Lyell Medal to Prof. L. J. Wills, of the University of Birmingham, for his work on the palaeontology and stratigraphy of the Midlands; the balance of the proceeds of the Wollaston Donation Fund to Dr. G. H. Mitchell, for his work on the succession and structure of the Lake District; the balance of the proceeds of the Murchison Fund to Dr. Emily Dix, in recognition of her studies on the sequence of fossil plants in the Coal Measures of England and Wales; the balance of the proceeds of the Lyell Geological Fund to Dr. S. W. Wooldridge, for his researches on the geology and geomorphology of southern England, and especially of the London Basin.
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Awards of the Geological Society. Nature 137, 146–147 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137146f0
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