Devendra Lal Explained
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Birth Date: | 1929 2, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Varanasi, India |
Death Place: | La Jolla, California, United States |
Nationality: | Indian |
Fields: | Geophysics |
Thesis Year: | 1960 |
Doctoral Advisors: | )--> |
Academic Advisors: | Bernard Peters |
Spouse: | Aruna Lal (née Damany) |
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Devendra Lal FRS (14 February 1929 – 1 December 2012) was an Indian geophysicist.
Life
He was born in Varanasi, India.[1] He graduated from Banaras Hindu University.[2] He graduated from Bombay University; his thesis was on cosmic ray physics; his thesis adviser was Bernard Peters.[3]
He was Director, of the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad from 1972 to 1983.[4]
He was Visiting Professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, from 1989 to 2012.[5] [6] Devendra Lal was President of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) from 1983 to 1987. He was also elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1979.[7]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: :: SCRIPPS OCEANOGRAPHY NEWS : : Obituary Notice: Devendra Lal: 1929-2012 :: . scripps.ucsd.edu . 10 January 2013. 2013-05-28.
- Web site: :: Scripps Institution Of Oceanography, Ucsd : ::: . Sio.ucsd.edu . 2012-12-10 . 2013-05-28 . 13 April 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130413014614/http://sio.ucsd.edu/Profile/dlal . dead .
- Web site: Devendra Lal (1929-2012). Geochemical Society. www.geochemsoc.org. 2015-09-10. 7 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150907193751/http://www.geochemsoc.org/news/inmemoriam/devendra-lal-1929-2012/. dead.
- Web site: Geophysicist Devendra Lal Dead . India Journal . 2012-12-15 . 2013-05-28 . dead . https://archive.today/20130629121336/http://www.indiajournal.com/archives/32396 . 29 June 2013 . dmy-all .
- Web site: Devendra Lal, 1929-2012 . The Meteoritical Society . 2012-10-21 . 2013-05-28.
- News: Special Correspondent . Geophysicist Devendra Lal passes away . The Hindu . 2012-12-08 . 2013-05-28.
- Goswami. J. N.. Macdougall. J. D.. 2021. Devendra Lal. 14 February 1929—1 December 2012. Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 70. 263–281 . 10.1098/rsbm.2020.0047 . free.