William Noel Benson

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William Noel Benson (26 December 1885 – 20 August 1957) Research geologist, professor of geology.

Benson was born in London, studied in Hobart and Sydney. Appointed in 1917 to the chair of geology and mineralogy at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Awarded the Clarke Medal by the Royal Society of New South Wales in 1945.

[edit] References

  • 'BENSON, William Noel' from An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock, originally published in 1966
  • Hills, E. S. [1958] (1958). “William Noel Benson”, Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, Volume 4. London: Royal Society.


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