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| 1977 || PhD from Leicester University on "Regional Geochemical mapping in Great Britain with particular reference to sources of error" | | 1977 || PhD from Leicester University on "Regional Geochemical mapping in Great Britain with particular reference to sources of error" | ||
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| 1983 || | | 1983 || Individual Merit Promation to Senior Principal Scientific Officer at BGS | ||
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| 1985 || Received the Murchison Fund of the Geological Society | | 1985 || Received the Murchison Fund of the Geological Society | ||
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| 1988–89 || During a sabbatical from BGS she was Vice President at Middleton Exploration | | 1988–89 || During a sabbatical from BGS she was Vice President at Middleton Exploration | ||
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| 1990-2000 Assistant Director, BGS, Minerals, Environment & Geochemical Surveys Division (MEGSD). | |||
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|1995-1997 || Deputy to Director, BGS | |||
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| 1995 || Co-leadership of the International Geological Correlation Programme (IGCP) Project 360 – Global Geochemical Baselines | | 1995 || Co-leadership of the International Geological Correlation Programme (IGCP) Project 360 – Global Geochemical Baselines | ||
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| 1999-2005 || Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution | | 1999-2005 || Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution | ||
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| 2000 || | | 2000 || Authored book 'Your Life in your Hands' about her experiences with cancer since 1897 and her firm beliefs of a link between cancer and diet. Further books followed. | ||
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| 2000 || Fellowship of the Royal Society of Arts | | 2000 || Fellowship of the Royal Society of Arts | ||
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| 2000 || Chair of Geochemistry,Imperial College | |2000-2002 ||Chief Scientist, Head of Geoscience Resources and Facilities Directorate (GRDF). | ||
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| 2001-2005 || Chair of Geochemistry,Imperial College | |||
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| 2001-2002 || First woman President of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy | | 2001-2002 || First woman President of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy | ||
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[[Category:British | == Links == | ||
=== Biographies/obituaries === | |||
[https://www.vmine.net/janeplant.com/about.asp Jane Plant website] | |||
[https://www.geolsoc.org.uk/About/History/Obituaries-2001-onwards/Obituaries-2016/Jane-Ann-Simpson-Professor-Jane-Plant--1945-2016 Jane Ann Simpson (Professor Jane Plant, 1945-2016)] | |||
[https://www.magnificentwomen.co.uk/engineer-of-the-week/81-jane-plant Magnificent women 81:Jane Plant] | |||
[https://www.appliedgeochemists.org/memorials/jane-plant Jane Ann Plant CBE (1945-2016) [Obituary<nowiki>]</nowiki>. Association of Applied Geochenmists] | |||
[https://www.degruyter.com/downloadpdf/j/minmag.2016.80.issue-6/minmag.2016.080.142/minmag.2016.080.142.pdf Jane Plant (1945–2016). Obituary. Valsami-Jones, E. (2016). Jane Plant (1945–2016). Mineralogical Magazine, 80(6), 1145-1147. doi:10.1180/minmag.2016.080.142] | |||
=== Youtube videos === | |||
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFnoiDDibOw Professor Jane Plant - The Moore Show] | |||
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YMeEGxcHsc Professor Jane Plant CBE (1945-2016) by NV atCEPImperial] | |||
[[Category:British geoscientists]] | |||
[[Category:Women geoscientists at the British Geological Survey]] | [[Category:Women geoscientists at the British Geological Survey]] | ||
== Publications == | |||
A full list can be found on the |
Revision as of 20:54, 9 January 2020
Timeline
1945 | Born Jane Ann Lunn in Woodville, Derbyshire |
Educated at Ashby Grammar School | |
1963 | Went to Liverpool University to study geology |
1967 | Graduated with first class honours in geology and the prize for the best degree in her year |
Joined the Institute of Geological Sciences Atomic Energy Division (now the British Geological Survey - BGS) Took a leading role developing the BGS Geochemical Baseline of the Environment (G-BASE) programme which which mapped the distribution of different chemical elements on the land surface | |
1977 | PhD from Leicester University on "Regional Geochemical mapping in Great Britain with particular reference to sources of error" |
1983 | Individual Merit Promation to Senior Principal Scientific Officer at BGS |
1985 | Received the Murchison Fund of the Geological Society |
1988–89 | During a sabbatical from BGS she was Vice President at Middleton Exploration |
1990-2000 Assistant Director, BGS, Minerals, Environment & Geochemical Surveys Division (MEGSD). | |
1995-1997 | Deputy to Director, BGS |
1995 | Co-leadership of the International Geological Correlation Programme (IGCP) Project 360 – Global Geochemical Baselines |
1997 | Awarded CBE |
1999-2005 | Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution |
2000 | Authored book 'Your Life in your Hands' about her experiences with cancer since 1897 and her firm beliefs of a link between cancer and diet. Further books followed. |
2000 | Fellowship of the Royal Society of Arts |
2000-2002 | Chief Scientist, Head of Geoscience Resources and Facilities Directorate (GRDF). |
2001-2005 | Chair of Geochemistry,Imperial College |
2001-2002 | First woman President of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy |
2002 | became first female Chief Scientist at BGS |
2005 | Fellowship of the Royal Society of Medicine |
2005 | Left BGS to become Anglo-American Professor of Geochemistry at Imperial College |
2016 | Died at home, in Richmond upon Thames |
Links
Biographies/obituaries
Jane Ann Simpson (Professor Jane Plant, 1945-2016)
Magnificent women 81:Jane Plant
Jane Ann Plant CBE (1945-2016) [Obituary]. Association of Applied Geochenmists
Youtube videos
Professor Jane Plant - The Moore Show
Professor Jane Plant CBE (1945-2016) by NV atCEPImperial
Publications
A full list can be found on the