Professor Jane Ann Plant CBE (1945-2016)

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Professor Jane Anne Plant CBE FREng FRGS FRSA FRSE FRSM CEng CGeol FIMMM FAEG FGS (1945-2016).

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

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Jane Plant website Contains a wealth of information on the life and work of Jane Plant. It includes a very detailed CV listing:

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