Leonard Hawkes FRS (6 August 1891 – 29 October 1981) was a

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geologist. Awarded the Murchison Medal in 1946 and the Wollaston Medal in 1962. He was head of the geology department at

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between 1921 and 1956.

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1891 births 1981 deaths 20th-century British geologists Wollaston Medal winners Fellows of the Royal Society Presidents of the Geological Society of London {{UK-geologist-stub