William Noel Benson

William Noel Benson (26 December 1885 – 20 August 1957) Research geologist, professor of geology.

Benson was born in London, studied in Hobart and Sydney. Appointed in 1917 to the chair of geology and mineralogy at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Honors and Awards

* 1921 president of Section C (Geology) of A.A.A.S.-the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science (the later Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science, A.N.Z.A.A.S.)
* 1945 to 1947 president of the Royal Society of New Zealand.
* 1933 Lyell Fund
* 1939 Lyell Medal of the Geological Society of London
* 1933 Hector medal of the Royal Society of New Zealand
* 1944 Hutton medal of the Royal Society of New Zealand
* 1945 Clarke Medal by the Royal Society of New South Wales
* 1951 Mueller Medal of the A.N.Z.A.A.S. (1951).
* 1949 elected a Correspondent of the Geological Society of America
* 1951 Fellow of the Royal Society
* 1954 honorary membership of the Mineralogical Society of London

References

* [http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/B/BensonWilliamNoel/BensonWilliamNoel/en 'BENSON, William Noel'] from An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock, originally published in 1966
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