Francis John Turner

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Francis John Turner (10 April 1904 – 21 December 1985) was a New Zealand geologist. He received his BSc and MSc from the Auckland University College. He worked with the New Zealand Geological Survey and in 1926 he became a geology lecturer in the University of Otago.

At Otago he became interested in metamorphism and studied the unexplored metamorphic rocks of South Island on which he earned his PhD in 1934 from the University of New Zealand. His application and expansion of Pentti Eskola's concept of metamorphic facies led to his publication of Mineralogical and Structural Evolution of Metamorphic Rocks, the book that established his position in the field of petrology and was a great influence on a generation of geologists.

In 1946 he accepted a position at the University of California in Berkeley. At Berkeley he gained insight into experimental studies of petrology and geochemistry. He later collaborated with John Verhoogen on the classic work Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology published in 1960. He authored eighty technical papers and six textbooks on metamorphic, igneous, and structural petrology. He retired from Berkeley in 1971.

References

Iris Y. Borg and Lionel E. Weiss, Memorial
W. S. Fyfe, Memorial of Francis John Turner
Coombs, Douglas S. "Francis John Turner". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved December 2011.

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 7457729 LCCN: n79151553 ISNI: 0000 0001 1036 9504 GND: 117730947 BNF: cb12311813z

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Name	Turner, Frances John
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Short description	New Zealand geologist
Date of birth	10 April 1904
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Date of death	21 December 1985
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