Rosemary Hutton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Rosemary Hutton

British geophysicist

Date of Birth: 22-Oct-1925

Place of Birth: Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 01-Apr-2004

Profession: geophysicist

Nationality: Nigeria

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Violet Rosemary Strachan Hutton FInstP FRSE FRAS (22 October 1925 – 1 April 2004), known to her peers as Rosemary, was a Scottish geophysicist and pioneer of magnetotellurics.
Her research focused on the use of electromagnetic methods to determine the electrical conductivity and structure of the Earth's crust, lithosphere and upper mantle, with a particular focus on the African continent and Scotland.
She spent over two decades at the University of Edinburgh School of GeoSciences as a researcher and lecturer and was a Fellow of many societies including the American Geophysical Union and The Royal Society of Edinburgh.