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| name = John Michael "Jake" Hancock |
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1928|8|10 |
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1928|8|10}} |
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| birth_place = [[Salisbury]], [[United Kingdom]] |
| birth_place = [[Salisbury]], [[United Kingdom]] |
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| death_date = {{death date and age|2004|3|4|1928|8|10 |
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2004|3|4|1928|8|10}} |
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| death_place = [[Shaftesbury]], [[United Kingdom]] |
| death_place = [[Shaftesbury]], [[United Kingdom]] |
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| nationality = [[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|20px]] [[British people|British]] |
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| nationality = [[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|20px|]] [[British people|British]] |
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| field = [[Sedimentology]] and [[Stratigraphy]] |
| field = [[Sedimentology]] and [[Stratigraphy]] |
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| work_institution = [[Imperial College]], [[London]] |
| work_institution = [[Imperial College]], [[London]] |
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| alma_mater = [[University of Cambridge]] |
| alma_mater = [[University of Cambridge]] |
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| doctoral_advisor = Maurice Black |
| doctoral_advisor = Maurice Black |
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| known_for = Geology of the [[Cretaceous]], appreciation of [[Wine]] |
| known_for = Geology of the [[Cretaceous]], appreciation of [[Wine]] |
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| prizes = 1989 [[Lyell Medal]] of the [[Geological Society of London]] |
| prizes = 1989 [[Lyell Medal]] of the [[Geological Society of London]] |
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'''John Michael Hancock''' (10 August 1928 – 4 March 2004),<ref>The Independent. [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/professor-jake-hancock-549631.html Obituary for Professor Jake Hancock] 17 March 2004.</ref> known professionally as '''Jake''', was a [[geologist]] with particular interests in [[chalk]] and the [[Cretaceous Period]]. |
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Professor '''John Michael Hancock''' (1928-2004), known throughout the geological community as '''Jake''', will be fondly remembered as a student of the [[Cretaceous]], of the [[sedimentary]] and [[mineralogy|mineralogical]] character of the [[Chalk]], as a world [[stratigraphy|stratigrapher]], as a ''bon viveur'' and an amiable, jovial, moustachioed eccentric. |
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==Biography== |
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⚫ | Hancock was born on 10 August 1928 in [[Salisbury]], [[Wiltshire]], educated at [[Dauntsey's School]] near [[Devizes]] and was a [[Conscription in the United Kingdom|national serviceman]] in the [[Royal Air Force]] between 1947 and 1949, before going to [[Queens' College, Cambridge]], to read [[geology]] and [[petrology]] as an undergraduate. |
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⚫ | He graduated in 1952 and stayed on to work for his [[Doctor of Philosophy| |
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⚫ | He graduated in 1952 and stayed on to work for his [[Doctor of Philosophy|doctorate]] under the supervision of Maurice Black. His thesis was entitled ''The marginal facies of the British Chalk'' and in 1955 he joined the junior academic staff at [[King's College London|King's College]], [[University of London|London]]. He became Senior Lecturer in 1970 and Reader in 1977. |
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⚫ | In 1986 he moved to [[Imperial College London]] where he was awarded the 1989 [[Lyell Medal]] of the [[Geological Society of London]]<ref>Geological Society of London. [http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/gsl/site/GSL/lang/en/page752.html Lyell Medal Award Winners] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421142016/http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/gsl/site/GSL/lang/en/page752.html |date=21 April 2009 }} Verified 31 January 2011.</ref> and retired in 1993 to [[Shaftesbury]] but continued to teach at Imperial as Emeritus Professor. |
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⚫ | He was also an erudite teacher, bringing all aspects of science and general life to bear on his subject; one of his more generalist themes for the undergraduate geologist, being "How can the study of gardening benefit the geologist |
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⚫ | He was also an erudite teacher, bringing all aspects of science and general life to bear on his subject; one of his more generalist themes for the undergraduate geologist, being "How can the study of gardening benefit the geologist?". He also had a long time commitment to the [[Working Men's College]] in North London. |
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==References== |
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* Geological Society of London. [https://archive.today/20120419001850/http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/gsl/site/GSL/lang/en/page5901.html John Michael (Jake) Hancock] |
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John Michael "Jake" Hancock | |
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Born | |
Died | 4 March 2004 | (aged 75)
Nationality | ![]() |
Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
Known for | Geology of the Cretaceous, appreciation of Wine |
Awards | 1989 Lyell Medal of the Geological Society of London |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Sedimentology and Stratigraphy |
Institutions | Imperial College, London |
Doctoral advisor | Maurice Black |
John Michael Hancock (10 August 1928 – 4 March 2004),[1] known professionally as Jake, was a geologist with particular interests in chalk and the Cretaceous Period.
Biography
[edit]Hancock was born on 10 August 1928 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, educated at Dauntsey's School near Devizes and was a national serviceman in the Royal Air Force between 1947 and 1949, before going to Queens' College, Cambridge, to read geology and petrology as an undergraduate.
He graduated in 1952 and stayed on to work for his doctorate under the supervision of Maurice Black. His thesis was entitled The marginal facies of the British Chalk and in 1955 he joined the junior academic staff at King's College, London. He became Senior Lecturer in 1970 and Reader in 1977.
In 1986 he moved to Imperial College London where he was awarded the 1989 Lyell Medal of the Geological Society of London[2] and retired in 1993 to Shaftesbury but continued to teach at Imperial as Emeritus Professor.
He was also an erudite teacher, bringing all aspects of science and general life to bear on his subject; one of his more generalist themes for the undergraduate geologist, being "How can the study of gardening benefit the geologist?". He also had a long time commitment to the Working Men's College in North London.
His contributions included over 110 scientific papers in English and French and a pursuit of the study of the relationship between geology and viniculture.
He died of cancer on 4 March 2004. He was the subject of a memorial volume of the Proceedings of the Geologists' Association in 2006 (Vol 117, Part 2), on which some of this article is based.
References
[edit]- ^ The Independent. Obituary for Professor Jake Hancock 17 March 2004.
- ^ Geological Society of London. Lyell Medal Award Winners Archived 21 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine Verified 31 January 2011.
External links
[edit]- Geological Society of London. John Michael (Jake) Hancock
- 1928 births
- 2004 deaths
- 20th-century British geologists
- People from Salisbury
- Academics of King's College London
- Academics of Imperial College London
- Deaths from cancer in England
- Lyell Medal winners
- Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge
- People educated at Dauntsey's School
- Presidents of the Geologists' Association
- Royal Air Force airmen
- 20th-century Royal Air Force personnel
- Military personnel from Salisbury