Sir Frederick Stewart | |
---|---|
Born | Frederick Henry Stewart 16 January 1916 Aberdeen, Scotland |
Died | 9 December 2001 | (aged 85)
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Geologist |
Spouse | |
Awards | FRS (1964)[1] |
Sir Frederick Henry Stewart FRS FRSE FGS (16 January 1916 – 9 December 2001) was a Scottish geologist and academic who was a professor at the University of Edinburgh.[1]
Stewart was born in Aberdeen on 16 January 1916, the son of Frederick Robert Stewart, a lecturer in engineering[2] at Aberdeen University,[3] and his wife, Hester Alexander.
He was educated at Fettes College and Robert Gordon's College.[4] He earned a BSc in Zoology at Aberdeen University. He followed this with a doctorate (PhD) in Geology at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, while studying the geology of the Isle of Skye and the village of Belhelvie, Aberdeenshire.[2]
In 1945, Stewart married Mary Rainbow, (later to achieve recognition as the novelist Mary Stewart) whom he met whilst working in Durham. She survived him, dying in 2014. There were no children.[3]