Euan Clarkson Explained

Euan N.K. Clarkson FRSE (born 1937) is a British palaeontologist and writer.

Career

Euan Clarkson studied geology at the University of Cambridge and had a long career as a palaeontologist at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.^[1] Clarkson's most notable research occurred in the study of trilobites (especially visual systems),^[2] Paleozoic stratigraphy and the description of the anatomy of the Conodont^[3] animal.^[4]

Euan Clarkson has a sustained record of publication and teaching, has authored some 100+ papers and other publications, including a book that is widely regarded as the "standard"^[1] palaeontological text for undergraduates.

Clarkson was president of the Edinburgh Geological Society (1985-87), a trustee of the Natural History Museum (1987–92) and president of the Palaeontological Association (1998–2000).^[5] Clarkson was awarded the Geological Society of London's Coke medal in 2010.

Notes and References

1. http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/gsl/society/history/pid/7875 Geological Society of London, Coke medal award
2. Clarkson . E. N. K. . 1979 . The Visual System of Trilobites . . 22 . 1–22.
3. 10.1098/rstb.1993.0082 . Aldridge . R. J. . Briggs . D. E. G. . Smith . M. P. . Clarkson . E. N. K. . Clark . N. D. L. . 1993 . The anatomy of conodonts . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B . 340 . 1294 . 405–421 .
4. Briggs . D. E. G. . Clarkson . E. N. K. . Aldridge . R. J. . The conodont animal . 10.1111/j.1502-3931.1983.tb01993.x . Lethaia . 16 . 1. 1–14 . 1983.
5. http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/c/13765/Euan%20Neilson%20Kerr+CLARKSON.aspx Debrett's authorized biography