| LC control no. | n 83200755 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Stelck, C. R., 1917-2016 |
| Variant(s) | Stelck, Charles Richard, 1917- |
| Birth date | 1917-05-20 |
| Death date | 2016-05-14 |
| Place of birth | Edmonton (Alta.) |
| Place of death | Edmonton (Alta.) |
| Field of activity | Petroleum--Geology Geology, Stratigraphic |
| Affiliation | University of Alberta Stanford University University of Alberta Royal Society of Canada Order of Canada |
| Profession or occupation | Geologists Paleontologists |
| Found in | Jeletzky, J.A. Pachygrycia, a new Sonneratia-like ammonite ... 1981: t.p. (C.R. Stelck) verso t.p. (C.R. Stelck, Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.) LC data base, 12/12/83 (hdg.: Stelck, Charles Richard, 1917- ; usage: C.R. Stelck) Edmonton journal, online, viewed 23 December 2016 (Dr. Charles Richard Stelck O.C.; born in Edmonton May 20, 1917; attended the University of Alberta, earning a BSc in geology in 1937 and an MSc in geology in 1941, and Stanford, receiving a PhD in 1951; during World War II, worked for the Canol project and for Imperial Oil mapping geology; became faculty member of University of Alberta, teaching petroleum geology; focus of work was microscopic fossils that locate and date oil fields; authored 111 refereed articles; died in Edmonton May 14, 2016) Canada. Governor General. Honours Recipients database, 23 December 2016 (Charles Richard Stelck, O.C., Ph.D., F.R.S.C., P.Geol.; Edmonton, Alberta; Officer of the Order of Canada, awarded on November 14, 1996, invested on February 26, 1997; Professor Emeritus of the Department of Geology at the University of Alberta, he has served Canada for more than fifty years as a teacher, a prospector for the Canadian petroleum industry, and an internationally renowned research scientist. Known as the dean of Canadian paleontology, he is one of Canada's preeminent geologists with particular expertise in Northeastern British Columbia and Northwestern Alberta. He has been an inspiration and a role model to thousands of students over the last three generations; deceased on May 14, 2016) Wikipedia, viewed 23 December 2016: Charles R. Stelck (Charles Richard Stelck, OC, FRSC; Canadian petroleum geologist, paleontologist, and stratigrapher; elected to the Royal Society of Canada in 1960, appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1997) Amicus database, 23 December 2016 (authorized access point: Stelck, C.R., 1917- ; variant access point: Stelck, Charles Richard) |
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