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In 1952, took up the position of assistant lecturer at the Department of Geography of the [[University of Leicester]], under John H. McDonald Whitaker. split from geography, and remained at the new Department of Geology for his entire career, rising to lecturer senior lecturer (1980) and associate dean. He retired in 1987. |
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Ford made a detailed study of [[Precambrian]] rocks and [[fossil]]s, and was instrumental in the recognition of the Precambrian fossil ”[[Charnia|Charnia masoni]]”, discovered in [[Charnwood Forest]] by [[Roger Mason (professor)|Roger Mason]].[http://www.charnia.org.uk/newsletter/discovery_charnia_2005.htm Ford T (2005) The discovery of ”Charnia”. In ”Charnia” (Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society Section C newsletter)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070517180510/http://www.charnia.org.uk/newsletter/discovery_charnia_2005.htm |date=2007-05-17 }} In doing so, he was honoured by having the species of the genus ”[[Hylaecullulus]]” be named after him, with the species being described with the name ”Hylaecullulus fordi”.{{cite journal | doi=10.1016/j.cub.2018.08.036 | title=Modularity and Overcompensatory Growth in Ediacaran Rangeomorphs Demonstrate Early Adaptations for Coping with Environmental Pressures | year=2018 | last1=Kenchington | first1=Charlotte G. | last2=Dunn | first2=Frances S. | last3=Wilby | first3=Philip R. | journal=Current Biology | volume=28 | issue=20 | pages=3330–3336.e2 | pmid=30293718 | s2cid=52933769 | doi-access=free }} |
Ford made a detailed study of [[Precambrian]] rocks and [[fossil]]s, and was instrumental in the recognition of the Precambrian fossil ”[[Charnia|Charnia masoni]]”, discovered in [[Charnwood Forest]] by [[Roger Mason (professor)|Roger Mason]].[http://www.charnia.org.uk/newsletter/discovery_charnia_2005.htm Ford T (2005) The discovery of ”Charnia”. In ”Charnia” (Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society Section C newsletter)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070517180510/http://www.charnia.org.uk/newsletter/discovery_charnia_2005.htm |date=2007-05-17 }} In doing so, he was honoured by having the species of the genus ”[[Hylaecullulus]]” be named after him, with the species being described with the name ”Hylaecullulus fordi”.{{cite journal | doi=10.1016/j.cub.2018.08.036 | title=Modularity and Overcompensatory Growth in Ediacaran Rangeomorphs Demonstrate Early Adaptations for Coping with Environmental Pressures | year=2018 | last1=Kenchington | first1=Charlotte G. | last2=Dunn | first2=Frances S. | last3=Wilby | first3=Philip R. | journal=Current Biology | volume=28 | issue=20 | pages=3330–3336.e2 | pmid=30293718 | s2cid=52933769 | doi-access=free }} |
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Trevor David Ford OBE (19 April 1925 – 22 February 2017) was an English geologist, specialising in speleology, and an author. His academic career was at the Department of Geology of the University of Leicester, where he rose to be a senior lecturer (1980–87) and associate dean.
Early life and education[edit]
Trevor Ford was born at Westcliffe-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea in Essex on 19 April 1925, to Hylda and Ernest Ford, who worked in publishing. The family soon moved north to Ecclesall in Sheffield, where he attended King Edward VII School (1939–41).[1]
During the Second World War he first entered the Royal Air Force (1944), but was reassigned to the Royal Navy owing to impaired vision; there he served as a stores assistant in the Far East (1944–46).[1][2] After he was demobilised he read geology at the University of Sheffield (1947–49), and then studied for his PhD with Leslie R. Moore as his supervisor; his thesis was entitled The Upper Carboniferous rocks of the Ingleton and Stainmore coalfields (1953). In addition to Moore, he was influenced by William G. Fearnsides, Frederick W. Shotton, Peter C. Sylvester-Bradley and William H. Wilcockson. Ford served as editor of the Journal of the University of Sheffield Geological Society (1951–52).[1]
Career, research and writing[edit]
In 1952, Ford took up the position of assistant lecturer at the Department of Geography of the University of Leicester, under John H. McDonald Whitaker. Geology split from geography in 1954, and he remained at the new Department of Geology for his entire career, rising to…
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