Percy Fry Kendall

Percy Fry Kendall

Percy Fry Kendall (1856-1936), was an English geologist. A student of Thomas Henry Huxley, he was Professor of Geology at the University of Leeds from 1904 to 1922. In 1909 he was awarded the Lyell Medal of the Geological Society of London, mainly for his work on the glacial geology of England.

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* [http://jgslegacy.lyellcollection.org/cgi/reprint/92/1-4/i.pdf Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 1936; v.92, pp cviii-cx — Obituary (subscription website)]


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