Keith Runcorn Scientist

Stanley Keith Runcorn FRS (19 November 1922 – 5 December 1995) was a British physicist whose paleomagnetic reconstruction of the relative motions of Europe and America revived the theory of continental drift and was a major contribution to plate tectonics.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)	Stanley Keith Runcorn
Birth date	November 19, 1922
Birth place	Southport
Nationality	United Kingdom
Date of death	December 05, 1995
Place of death	San Diego
Education	Gonville and Caius College Cambridge

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Scientist

awards	Royal Society Vetlesen Prize
doctoral advisor	Patrick Blackett Baron Blackett
Field of study	Plate tectonics Paleomagnetism
influenced by	Patrick Blackett Baron Blackett