Colin Bull
Colin Bull | |
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| Born | Colin Bruce Bradley Bull 13 June 1928 |
| Died | 7 September 2010 (aged 82) Died at sea |
| Education | University of Birmingham |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | glaciology, science administration |
| Workplaces | University of Cambridge, Victoria University of Wellington, Ohio State University |
| Thesis | |
Colin Bull (1928–2010) was an English glaciology academic and polar explorer.[1] He was the director of the Institute of Polar Studies who approved the first all-women scientific team to the Antarctic and was awarded the Polar Medal in 1954 and the US Antarctica Service Medal in 1968.[2]
Academic career
[edit]After a PhD titled ' The nature of electron traps in luminescent materials' at the University of Birmingham, Bull moved to the University of Cambridge, Victoria University of Wellington and finally Ohio State University.[2]
Bull died on 7 September 2010 while on a ship en route to Alaska.[3]
Bull's book collection is held as the 'Colin Bull Collection' at Victoria University of Wellington[4] and his oral history at Ohio State University.[5]
Selected works
[edit]- Colin Bull (2005), Innocents in the Arctic: The 1951 Spitsbergen Expedition (First ed.), University of Alaska Press, p. 272, OL 8908202W, Wikidata Q140075292
- Colin Bull (2009), Innocents in the Dry Valleys: An Account of the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition, 1958-59 (First ed.), Te Herenga Waka University Press, p. 267, OCLC 309256291, OL 37479695W, Wikidata Q140075224
- C. S. Wright (1993). Colin Bull (ed.). Silas : the Antarctic diaries and memoir of Charles S. Wright. Ohio State University Press. ISBN 978-0-8142-0548-8. OCLC 25550272. Wikidata Q140075318.
- Colin Bull; Michael E. Lipschutz (1983), Workshop on Antarctic Glaciology and Meteorite, LPI technical report, Houston: Lunar and Planetary Institute, OCLC 13852848, Wikidata Q97733269
- Colin Bull (1969). "The 1978–1980 surge of the Sherman Glacier, south-central Alaska". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 6 (4): 841–843. Bibcode:1969CaJES...6..841B. doi:10.1139/e69-084. Wikidata Q109566146.
- J. M. Palais; I. M. Whillans; C. Bull (1982). "Snow Stratigraphic Studies At Dome C, East Antarctica: An Investigation Of Depositional and Diagenetic Processes". Annals of Glaciology. 3: 239–242. Bibcode:1982AnGla...3..239P. doi:10.1017/s0260305500002846. Wikidata Q109903264.
- Lonnie G. Thompson; Wayne L. Hamilton; Colin Bull (1975). "Climatological, Implications of Microparticle Concentrations in the Ice Core From "Byrd" Station, Western Antarctica". Journal of Glaciology. 14 (72): 433–444. doi:10.3189/s0022143000021948. Wikidata Q138297267.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Colin Bull". Victoria University of Wellington. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
- 1 2 Charles Swithinbank (5 November 2010). "Colin Bull". Polar Record. Vol. 47, no. 3. pp. 287–288. doi:10.1017/s0032247410000525. ISSN 0032-2474. Wikidata Q137927480.
- ↑ "Scientist Colin Bull, latter-day polar adventurer, dies". The Seattle Times. 8 October 2010. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
- ↑ "Colin Bull". Victoria University of Wellington. Retrieved 22 February 2026.
- ↑ Bull, Colin (27 June 2007). "Interview of Colin Bull by Brian Shoemaker". The Ohio State University – Knowledge Bank. Retrieved 22 February 2026.
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- People from Hereford
- English geologists
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- 1928 births
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- Ohio State University faculty
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- British glaciologists