Trevor Elliott (geoscientist)

Trevor Elliott (26 August 1949 – 28 January 2013) was a British geoscientist, professor, and winner of the Bigsby Medal.

Trevor Elliott
Born	(1949-08-26)26 August 1949 Lancashire, England
Died	28 January 2013(2013-01-28) (aged 63)
Nationality	British
Alma mater	University of Swansea University of Oxford
Scientific career
Fields	Geoscience
Institutions	University of Liverpool

Early life and career

Elliott was born in Lancashire. He received his BSc in Geology from the University College of Swansea in 1970, and his DPhil from the University of Oxford in 1974. He was a Royal Society postdoctoral fellow at the University of Leiden, and also carried out postdoctoral studies at the University of Reading.^[1]

In 1976 he became Lecturer in Sedimentology at the University College of Swansea, and in 1984 he was appointed George Herdman Professor of Geology at the University of Liverpool, where he remained for more than twenty years.^[1]

He was a visiting professor at both Iowa State University (on a Fulbright Scholarship), and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Distinguished Lecturer of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists.^[1]

In 1989 he was awarded the Bigsby Medal by the Geological Society of London.^[2]

Personal life

He was married to Marianne Elliott, director of Liverpool University's Institute of Irish Studies.^[3]