| Drummond Matthews AKA Drummond Hoyle Matthews Born: 5-Feb-1931
Birthplace: Porlock, England
Died: 20-Jul-1997
Location of death: Taunton, England
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Geologist, Physicist Nationality: England
Executive summary: Plate tectonics Military service: British Navy Geologist and geophysicist Drummond Matthews provided early scientific support for the theory of plate tectonics, in a 1963 paper co-authored by his graduate student, Fred Vine. Their finding, that the crust near mid-ocean ridges was comprised of streaks or alternating magnetic polarity, suggested that the magnetic polarization of newly-formed rocks could be used to substantiate the theory of seafloor spreading. This led to widespread acceptance of the theory that the earth's crust consists of large rigid plates. Wife: (married twice; one son and one daughter)
High School: Bryanston School, Dorset, England
University: BS, Cambridge University (1955)
University: PhD Marine Geophysics, Cambridge University (1962)
Scholar: Marine Geophysics, Cambridge University (1960-71)
Teacher: Marine Geology, Cambridge University (1971-90)
Administrator: Director of British Institutions Reflection Profiling Syndicate (1982-90)
Wollaston Medal 1989
Hughes Medal 1982 (with Fred Vine)
Balzan Prize 1981
American Geophysical Union 1982
Geological Society of America
Royal Society 1974
Risk Factors: Diabetes
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