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William R. Dickinson
William Richard Dickinson (October 26, 1931July 21, 2015) was a professor emeritus of geoscience at the University of Arizona and a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences.〔(NY Times article on new National Academy members )〕 Prior joining the University of Arizona, Dickinson was a professor at Stanford University.〔(report by Dickinson when he was at Stanford )〕 He joined the UofA faculty in 1979.〔(Tribute to Dickinson )〕
Dickinson was born near Nashville, Tennessee in 1931.〔()〕 He was renowned for his work in plate tectonics, sedimentary geology and Pacific Oceana geology and was considered one of the foremost experts on the geology of the Colorado Plateau. Dickinson was one of the founders of the Gazzi-Dickinson Method and its primary application, QFL diagrams and their use in sandstone provenance.
Dickinson's research includes studying the potsherds (historic or prehistoric fragments of pottery) of Pacific Oceana. Over the years, he has visited hundreds of Pacific Islands collecting and dating sherds.
In later life, Dickinson resided in Tucson, Arizona, where he continued to do research and teach at the University of Arizona. He died on July 21, 2015 while on a field expedition to Nuku'alofa, Tonga.
==Awards==
*1991, awarded the Penrose Medal by the Geological Society of America
*2001, awarded the William H. Twenhofel Medal by the Society for Sedimentary Geology
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