Errol White
British geologist (1901–1985)
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Errol Ivor White CBE FRS[1] FLS FGS (30 June 1901 – 11 January 1985) was a British geologist who was president of the Ray Society from 1956 to 1959 and president of the Linnean Society of London from 1964 to 1967.
Errol Ivor White | |
|---|---|
| Born | 30 June 1901 |
| Died | 11 January 1985 (aged 83) London |
| Occupation | Palaeontologist |
| Awards | Murchison Medal Linnean Gold Medal |
White was educated at Highgate School and King's College London (Tennant Prizeman).[2] In 1922 he joined the Geology Department of the Natural History Museum under Arthur Smith Woodward. He became Woodward's deputy in 1939.[3]
White was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1956.[1] He was awarded the Murchison Medal in 1962 and the Linnean Gold Medal in 1970.
Legacy
A genus of Devonian arthrodire placoderm fish, Errolosteus, a genus of Carboniferous actinopterygian fish, Whiteichthys, a genus of Triassic ray-finned fish, Errolichthys, a genus of Triassic actinistian fish, Whiteia, and two Eocene genera of teleost fish, Whitapodus and Whitephippus, are named in his honour.[1]
