Fonds UAA Fonds 0389 - Percival Sidney Warren fonds

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Percival Sidney Warren fonds

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UAA Fonds 0389

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  • 1890-1970 (Creation)
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    Warren, Percival Sidney

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0.13 m of multi media records

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(1890 - 1970)

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Geologist, Administrator, 1890-1970. Percival Sidney Warren joined the University in 1920 as a lecturer in the Department of Geology. In 1934 he was named professor of stratigraphy, and from 1949 to 1955 he acted as head of the department. Although he retired as Professor Emeritus in 1955, he stayed on with the University as special lecturer and research associate in Geology until 1961. Among his many contributions to the University, he was Commanding Officer of the Canadian Officers' Training Corps during World War II, and Provost and Dean of Men from 1945 to 1947. An active member of geological, petroleum geology and paleontological societies, he conducted research on Alberta stratigraphy and western Canadian fossils.

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Fonds consists of records pertaining to Percival Warren and his work in the Department of Geology at the University of Alberta.

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      Created by MMCFARLANE 2-13-2008. Updated by MMCFARLANE 2-13-2008. Updated by M.Fraser on 15 April 2020.

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