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Categories: Canadian Fellows of the Royal Society, Military personnel from Ottawa, Companions of the Order of Canada, Presidents of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
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Wilson  John Tuzo Wilson
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Canadian geophysicist who was a pioneer in the study of plate tectonics (1908-1993) WordNet 3.0
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Canadian geophysicist who was a pioneer in the study of plate tectonics (1908-1993) WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
John Tuzo Wilson was a Canadian geophysicist and geologist who achieved worldwide acclaim for his contributions to the theory of plate tectonics. Wikipedia
Canadian geophysicist Wikipedia Disambiguation
Canadian geophysicist and geologist Wikipedia Disambiguation
Canadian geologist Wikidata
IS A
geophysicist
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AWARD RECEIVED
John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science
Bancroft Award
Vetlesen Prize
Maurice Ewing Medal
Logan Medal
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COUNTRY OF CITIZENSHIP
Canada
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Obalky knih.cz
DOCTORAL ADVISOR
Harry Hammond Hess
DOCTORAL STUDENT
Harold Williams
EDUCATED AT
Princeton University
Trinity College, Toronto
St John's College, Cambridge
EMPLOYER
University of Toronto
FAMILY NAME
Wilson
FIELD OF WORK
geophysics
GIVEN NAME
John
LANGUAGES SPOKEN, WRITTEN OR SIGNED
English
MEMBER OF
National Academy of Sciences
Royal Society
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Royal Society of Canada
Royal Society of Edinburgh
OCCUPATION
geologist
professeur des universités
PLACE OF BIRTH
Ottawa
PLACE OF DEATH
Toronto
SEX OR GENDER
male
STUDENT OF
Harry Hammond Hess
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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Wilson, John Tuzo Wilson
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John Tuzo Wilson
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John Tuzo Wilson
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J. Tuzo Wilson, Tuzo Wilson

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