William James Kennedy

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Prof. William James "Jim" Kennedy MA, DSc (BSc, PhD London) is a British geologist.

Jim Kennedy studied at the University of London.

Kennedy was a Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford and Professor of Earth Sciences at the University of Oxford. He was curator of the Geological Collections at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History.^[1]

Kennedy was awarded the Prestwich Medal by the Geological Society of London in 1990. He was the Acting President of Wolfson College during 1993–94 between more permanent presidents at the college.

On 1 October 2003, Kennedy was appointed the Director of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History.^[1] He is also Professor of Natural History.^[2] His research interests include the geology and palaeontology of the Cretaceous Period.^[2]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Directorship of the University Museum of Natural History, Notices, Oxford University Gazette, 23 January 2003.
↑ 2.0 2.1 Professor Jim Kennedy, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, UK.

Academic offices
Preceded by Sir Raymond Hoffenberg	Acting President of Wolfson College, Oxford 1993–1994	Succeeded by Sir David Smith
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Preceded by Keith Stuart Thomson	Director of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History 2003 – present	Succeeded by incumbent

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Name	Kennedy, William James
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Short description	British geologist
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