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| || Educated at Ashby Grammar School | | || Educated at Ashby Grammar School | ||
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| 1963 || | | 1963 || Liverpool University to study geology | ||
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| 1967 || Graduated with first class honours in geology and the prize for the best degree in her year | | 1967 || Graduated with first class honours in geology and the prize for the best degree in her year | ||
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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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| 1997 || Awarded CBE | | 1997 || Awarded CBE | ||
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| | | 1999–2005 || Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution | ||
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| 2000 || Authored book 'Your Life in your Hands' about her experiences with cancer since | | 2000 || Authored book 'Your Life in your Hands' about her experiences with cancer since 1997 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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| | |2000–2002 ||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 | ||
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| 2005 || Fellowship of the Royal Society of Medicine | | 2005 || Fellowship of the Royal Society of Medicine | ||
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=== Biographies/obituaries === | === Biographies/obituaries === | ||
[https://www.vmine.net/janeplant.com/about.asp Jane Plant website] | [https://www.vmine.net/janeplant.com/about.asp Jane Plant website] Contains a wealth of information on the life and work of Jane Plant. It includes a very detailed CV listing: | ||
* Education | |||
* Senior positions held | |||
* Prizes, honours and awards | |||
* Honours, professional associations and membership of learned societies | |||
* Other oppointments and temporary posts | |||
* Committees, Learned societies, academic activities and some major international meetings | |||
* Government and National Committees | |||
* Other academic and international activities | |||
* Invited lectures/lecture series/presentations | |||
* Presentations at meetings | |||
* Other links with user community | |||
* PhD projects supervised | |||
* Public understanding of science | |||
[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)] Geological Society obituary by John Mather | [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)] Geological Society obituary by John Mather |
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Timeline
1945 | Born Jane Ann Lunn in Woodville, Derbyshire |
Educated at Ashby Grammar School | |
1963 | 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 1997 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 |
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 Plant website Contains a wealth of information on the life and work of Jane Plant. It includes a very detailed CV listing:
- Education
- Senior positions held
- Prizes, honours and awards
- Honours, professional associations and membership of learned societies
- Other oppointments and temporary posts
- Committees, Learned societies, academic activities and some major international meetings
- Government and National Committees
- Other academic and international activities
- Invited lectures/lecture series/presentations
- Presentations at meetings
- Other links with user community
- PhD projects supervised
- Public understanding of science
Jane Ann Simpson (Professor Jane Plant, 1945-2016) Geological Society obituary by John Mather
Magnificent women 81:Jane Plant
Jane Ann Plant CBE (1945-2016) [Obituary]. Association of Applied Geochemists
Youtube videos
Professor Jane Plant - The Moore Show
Professor Jane Plant CBE (1945-2016) by NV atCEPImperial
Publications
A full list of scientific publications
Books written by Jane Plant on the relationship between diet and health