Harry Elderfield
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Professor Henry "Harry" Elderfield FRS[6][7] (25 April 1943 – 19 April 2016), was Professor of Ocean Chemistry and Palaeochemistry at the Godwin Laboratory in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Cambridge.[8][9] He made his name in ocean chemistry and palaeochemistry, using trace metals and isotopes in biogenic carbonate as palaeochemical tracers, and studying the chemistry of modern and ancient oceans - especially those of the glacial epoch and the Cenozoic.[2][10]
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Born | Henry Elderfield (1943-04-25)25 April 1943[1] |
Died | 19 April 2016(2016-04-19) (aged 72)[2] |
Nationality | British |
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