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| IGS/DR/Wd || Austin William Woodland || Woodland was born on 4 April 1914 in the mining village of Mountain Ash, Mid-Glamorgan. He won a scholarship to the University of Wales, Aberystwyth where he was awarded first-class honours in geology in 1934 and a PhD in 1937 following which he was appointed to an assistant lectureship at Manchester University and then a lectureship at Queen's University, Belfast. He joined the Geological Survey of Great Britain in 1939. He was promoted to District Geologist for Yorkshire and the East Midlands in 1957, moved to North West England in 1960 and became Assistant director, Northern England in 1962. In 1966-67 he was the geological assessor for the Aberfan Disaster Tribunal. Woodland was appointed deputy director in 1971 and Director in 1976. He retired in 1979 and died on 9 November 1990. He was awarded a CBE in 1975. | |||
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Obituaries: Austin William Woodland (1914–1990) Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society, 48, 345-346, 1 May 1991, https://doi.org/10.1144/pygs.48.3.345a
Evans, W. (2004, September 23). Woodland, Austin William (1914–1990), geologist and geological administrator. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 2 Sep. 2020, from https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-75161.
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| Ref No | Title | Description |
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| GSM/GX/Z/483 | Woodland, A W | |
| IGS/DR/Wd | Austin William Woodland | Woodland was born on 4 April 1914 in the mining village of Mountain Ash, Mid-Glamorgan. He won a scholarship to the University of Wales, Aberystwyth where he was awarded first-class honours in geology in 1934 and a PhD in 1937 following which he was appointed to an assistant lectureship at Manchester University and then a lectureship at Queen's University, Belfast. He joined the Geological Survey of Great Britain in 1939. He was promoted to District Geologist for Yorkshire and the East Midlands in 1957, moved to North West England in 1960 and became Assistant director, Northern England in 1962. In 1966-67 he was the geological assessor for the Aberfan Disaster Tribunal. Woodland was appointed deputy director in 1971 and Director in 1976. He retired in 1979 and died on 9 November 1990. He was awarded a CBE in 1975. |