Dan McKenzie

Academic

1942 –

62

Who is Dan McKenzie?

Dan Peter McKenzie, CH, FRS is a Professor of Geophysics at the University of Cambridge, and one-time head of the Bullard Laboratories of the Cambridge Department of Earth Sciences. He wrote the first paper defining the principles of plate tectonics, and his early work on mantle convection created the modern discussion of planetary interiors.

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Born
1942
Cheltenham
Nationality
  • United Kingdom
Education
  • Westminster School
  • Westminster Under School
  • King's College, Cambridge

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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