1. Janet Vida Watson FRS FGS was a British geologist.
19 Facts About Janet Watson
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Janet Watson was a professor of Geology at Imperial College, a rapporteur for the International Geological Correlation Program and a vice president of the Royal Society.
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Janet Watson is well known for her contribution to the understanding of the Lewisian complex and as an author and co-author of several books including Beginning Geology and Introduction to Geology.
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Janet Watson was born 1 September 1923 in Hampstead, London.
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Janet Watson grew up alongside her sister, Katharine Mary in South Hampstead where she attended South Hampstead High School, which was known for being specialised in teaching science.
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Janet Watson then went on to attend Reading University in 1943 to learn about General Science.
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Janet Watson graduated with a first class honours degree in biology and geology in 1943.
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Janet Watson graduated in 1947 with a first class honours in Geology.
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Janet Watson married John Sutton in 1949 and they had a professional partnership throughout their lives.
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Janet Watson became bored with her job and went on to teach biology at Wentworth School, Bournemouth before deciding to become a geologist by the end of World War II.
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Janet Watson enrolled for her PhD in 1947 and began studying the Lewisian Complex in northern Scotland.
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Janet Watson then began to work on the Lewisian complex of northwestern Scotland together with John Sutton, another of Read's research students.
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Janet Watson published an introductory textbook Beginning geology with her former Ph.
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In 1975, Janet Watson was appointed to a personal chair as research professor of geology.
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Janet Watson continued to work on the problems of the precambrian in Scotland but published on ore genesis and regional geochemistry.
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Janet Watson served as president of the Geological Society from 1982 to 1984, the first woman to hold that post.
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Janet Watson continued to work in her profession during her retirement, in spite of ailing health, until her death in 1985.
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Janet Watson was a major contributor to the advancement of Earth Science.
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Janet Watson is very well remembered for her ability to ask fundamental questions about many areas in her field.