Peter Fookes
Peter Fookes | |
|---|---|
| Born | Peter George Fookes 31 May 1933 Ilford, England |
| Died | 7 September 2020 |
| Known for | Engineering geology |
| Awards | William Smith Medal of Geological Society of London, Glossop Medal |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Royal School of Mines |
| Doctoral advisor | Alec Skempton |
Peter George Fookes (31 May 1933 – 7 September 2020) was a British engineering geologist. He studied at Queen Mary College, University of London for his BSc and Imperial College for his PhD. He has been described as the "father of engineering geomorphology".[1][2]He was awarded the William Smith Medal by the Geological Society of London in 1985, and the Glossop Medal and the first Glossop Lecture in 1997, titled Geology for Engineers: the Geological Model, Prediction and Performance.[3]
In 2025 the Geological Society published The Peter Fookes Engineering Geological Legacy in Geomodels, Geomaterials and Geomorphology in his honour. The book was co-authored/edited by J.S. Griffiths, D.P. Giles, J.A. Davis and J.J. Dunlop, ISBN 978-1-78620-690-9.
References
- ^ Fookes, Peter George (1933–2020), engineering geologist oxforddnb.com
- ^ "Professor Peter Fookes obituary". The Times & The Sunday Times. 30 December 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- ^ "Awards Glossop Lecture". Geological Society of London. Retrieved 5 March 2026.