Abstract
DR. W. Q. KENNEDY, who has been appointed to the chair of geology in the University of Leeds, is a senior geologist on the staff of the Geological Survey in Scotland. Before joining the Geological Survey in 1928, Kennedy studied under J. W. Gregory in Glasgow and under Niggli in Zurich. As a result of his Continental training, he became one of the first geologists in Britain to apply Fedorow and Sander 'universal stage' technique to the microscopic study of rocks, and early in his career published a translation of Chudoba's text-book on the determination of plagioclase feldspars by 'universal stage' methods. Kennedy has made notable contributions to geological research. In petrology he has dealt with pyrometasomatic ore-deposits, composite lava-flows, the parent magma of the British Tertiary Province and, in conjunction with Dr. E. M. Anderson, the origins of basaltic magma. His conception of volcanic and plutonic associations has been acclaimed as a fundamental contribution to petrogenetic theory. Perhaps his most notable work in Scotland is his study of the Great Glen Fault, which led him to infer a lateral shift of some 65 miles along this fracture and to discuss its tectonic and metamorphic implications. His official Survey work with Dr. J. E. Richey on the Moine and sub-Moine rocks of the Morar district has also produced notable results in Highland stratigraphy and tectonics.
Article PDF
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Chair of Geology at Leeds: Prof. W. Q. Kennedy. Nature 155, 665 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/155665a0
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/155665a0