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British scientist
David John Drewry
(born 22 September 1947, in
Grimsby
)
[1]
[2]
is a
glaciologist
and
geophysicist
who was described in the conferring of an honorary degree by
Anglia Ruskin University
in 1998 as having an "outstanding reputation as an eminent scientist of international repute".
[3]
Drewry has also received several awards for his work. Since 1 July 2015 he is the vice-president of the
European University Association
.
Early life
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Drewry was educated at Havelock Grammar School (now the Havelock Academy) in Grimsby.
[4]
He then studied at
Queen Mary College
in east London, graduating with a
BSc
in Geography in 1969.
[5]
[6]
He then studied in Cambridge, residing at
Emmanuel College, Cambridge
, and completed a
PhD
on Glaciology and Geophysics in 1974 with thesis titled
Sub-ice relief and geology of East Antarctica
.
[5]
Career
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From 1978 to 1983, Drewry was a senior research assistant at the
Scott Polar Research Institute
, and then assistant director of research in 1983.
[7]
He was director of the Scott Polar Research Institute from 1984 to 1987, and then director of the
British Antarctic Survey
from 1987 to 1994.
[5]
He is an honorary fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge.
[8]
He became the vice-chancellor designate of the
University of Hull
in November 1999, being designated to take over on the planned retirement of the previous incumbent,
David Dilks
, in January 2000.
[9]
On 1 September 2009, he was succeeded by
Calie Pistorius
, formerly the vice-chancellor of the
University of Pretoria
.
[10]
Awards and honours
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Drewry has received several awards and honours for his work.
[3]
[5]
Drewry Ice Stream
in
Ellsworth Land
and
Mount Drewry
in the
Queen Alexandra Range
are named after him.
Personal life
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Drewry is "married to Gillian Elizabeth and lives in East Yorkshire and London".
[5]
References and notes
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- ^
David J Drewry
[
permanent dead link
]
, speaker biography for 2008 conference at Yorkshire Universities (Word document listed
here
Archived
29 September 2006 at the
Wayback Machine
), retrieved 20 February 2010
- ^
10 things we didn't know last week
, BBC News Magazine Monitor on 22 September 2009 citing the Guardian for Drewry's birth date.
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a
b
Professor David J Drewry
Archived
24 February 2012 at the
Wayback Machine
, citation for Honorary Doctor of Science, 1998, Anglia Ruskin University, retrieved 20 February 2010
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Dr. David Drewry
, speaker biography at a Physics Colloquia at the University of York in June 2001, retrieved 20 February 2010
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a
b
c
d
e
Professor David Drewry
, Emmanuel College listing of Fellows, retrieved 20 February 2010
- ^
Professor David Drewry (Geography, 1969)
Archived
22 November 2009 at the
Wayback Machine
, 'Alumni in the News' section of QM Alumni e-Newsletter Issue 15, August 2008, retrieved 20 February 2010
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Drewry, David John
, A Cambridge Alumni Database, retrieved 20 February 2010
- ^
Honorary Fellows
Archived
7 June 2011 at the
Wayback Machine
, Emmanuel College listing, retrieved 20 February 2010
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On the move
,
Times Higher Education Supplement
, 11 June 1999
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Appointments
,
Times Higher Education Supplement
, 12 March 2009
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