Drummond Matthews, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Drummond Matthews

geophysicist

Date of Birth: 05-Feb-1931

Place of Birth: Porlock, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 20-Jul-1997

Profession: geologist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Drummond Hoyle Matthews FRS (5 February 1931 – 20 July 1997), known as "Drum", was a British marine geologist and geophysicist and a key contributor to the theory of plate tectonics.
His work, along with that of fellow Briton Fred Vine and Canadian Lawrence Morley, showed how variations in the magnetic properties of rocks forming the ocean floor could be consistent with, and ultimately help confirm, Harry Hammond Hess's 1962 theory of seafloor spreading.
In 1989 he was awarded the Geological Society of London's highest honour, the Wollaston Medal.