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Richard Fortey

Richard Alan Fortey

Richard Alan Fortey (Londra, 1946) è un paleontologo, geologo e divulgatore scientifico britannico.

Biografia

Fortey è famoso per le sue ricerche paleontologiche sui trilobiti e sui graptoliti ed è noto ai lettori non specialisti per aver scritto alcuni libri di divulgazione scientifica di successo. È membro della Royal Society dal 1997[1] ed è stato presidente della Geological Society of London nel biennio 2006-2008. In precedenza è stato dirigente di ricerca al Natural History Museum di Londra. Ha partecipato a numerose spedizioni paleontologiche in vari paesi, fra cui l'Italia, Cipro e l'isola di Terranova.

Opere

  • Richard A. Fortey, The ordovician trilobites of Spitsbergen, Oslo: Norsk Polarinstitutt, 1974-1975.
  • Richard A. Fortey, Fossils: the key to the past, First edition, London: Heinemann, 1982. Second edition, Cambridge: Harvard University press, 1991. Third edition, London: Natural History Museum, 2002.
  • Richard A. Fortey, Terra: una storia intima (titolo originale The Earth: An Intimate History), traduzione di Giuliana Olivero, Torino: Codice; Roma: Le scienze, 2007.
  • Richard A. Fortey, Età: quattro miliardi di anni (titolo originale Life: An Unauthorized Biography. A Natural History of the First Four Billion Years of Life on Earth), Traduzione di Isabella C. Blum, Milano: Mondolibri, stampa 2000.
  • Richard A. Fortey e R. H. Thomas (eds), Arthropod relationships, Collezione The Systematics association special volumes, London: Chapman & Hall, 1998, ISBN 0412754207.
  • Philip D. Lane, Derek J. Siveter e Richard A. Fortey (eds), Trilobites and their relatives: contributions from the third international conference, Oxford 2001, London: the Palaeontological association, 2003.
  • Richard A. Fortey, The Hidden Landscape: Journey into the Geological Past, London; Jonathan Cape, 1993, ISBN 0712660402

Riconoscimenti

  • Nel 1996 ha ricevuto la Medaglia Lyell [2].
  • Nel 2000 ha ricevuto la Medaglia Frink [3].
  • Nel 2006 ha ricevuto il Michael Faraday Prize [4].
  • Nel 2009 ha ricevuto il Linnean Legacy Award [5].

Onorificenze

Ufficiale dell'Ordine dell'Impero Britannico - nastrino per uniforme ordinaria
«Per i servizi alla paleontologia e alla geologia.»
— 31 dicembre 2022[6]

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