Anthony Leonard Harris

Anthony Leonard Harris (11 March 1935 – 5 August 2025) was a British geologist and former president of the Geological Society of London (1990–92).^[1] Educated at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, he was a Member of the Aberystwyth Old Students' Association and served as President (2008–10).^[2]

Harris died on 5 August 2025, at the age of 90.^[3]

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Professional and academic associations
Preceded by Derek John Blundell	President of the Geological Society of London 1990–1992	Succeeded by Charles David Curtis
Preceded by Fariz Abu Bakar	President of the Aberystwyth Old Students' Association 2008–2010	Succeeded by Kay S. Powell

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20th century	Jethro Teall Charles Lapworth John Marr Archibald Geikie William Sollas William Watts Aubrey Strahan Arthur Smith Woodward Alfred Harker George Lamplugh Richard Oldham Albert Seward John Evans Francis Bather John Gregory Edmund Garwood Thomas Holland John Green Owen Thomas Jones Henry Hurd Swinnerton Percy Boswell Herbert Leader Hawkins William Fearnsides Arthur Trueman Herbert Harold Read Cecil Tilley Owen Thomas Jones George Lees William King Walter Campbell Smith Leonard Hawkes James Stubblefield Sydney Hollingworth Oliver Bulman Frederick Shotton Kingsley Dunham Neville George William Alexander Deer Thomas Westoll Percy Kent Wallace Pitcher Percival Allen Howel Francis Janet Watson Charles Holland Bernard Leake Derek Blundell Anthony Harris Charles Curtis Steve Sparks Richard Hardman Robin Cocks
21st century	Ronald Oxburgh Mark Moody-Stuart Peter Styles Richard Fortey Lynne Frostick

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