Kenneth Midworth Creer

Ken Creer, one of the pioneers of palaeomagnetism applied to plate tectonics, and of experimental rock magnetism, died in Edinburgh on Wednesday, 19th August, aged 95. He was Professor of Geophysics at University of Edinburgh between 1973 and 1993, and stayed active for many years after his retirement. He worked with scientists around the world, especially from South America, and he is credited with having developed palaeomagnetism there. Amongst many accolades, he was awarded the Fleming Medal of the American Geophysical Union and the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, was a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union and the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and was elected a member of Academia Europaea.