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Article: Matthews, Drummond (1931-1937)
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Matthews, Drummond (1931-1937)
English marine geophysicist
Drummond "Drum" Matthews had a long, outstanding career in
geology
and geophysics, contributing to the fundamental understanding of the structure and
evolution
of the earth's
crust
.
Matthews grew up near the sea, at Porlock in Somerset, England, and developed a lifelong love of the ocean. He attended Bryanston School in Dorset, before a term in the Royal Navy. He then studied at King's College, Cambridge, specializing in geology and petrology. After graduation, Matthews spent two years (1955
–
57) in the Falkland Islands, as part of the Dependencies Survey (later the British Antarctic Survey), before returning to ...