Mary Fowler
FRAS FGS FRCGS
Fowler in 2008
Master of Darwin College, Cambridge
In office
October 2012 – September 2020
Preceded byWilliam Brown
Succeeded byMike Rands
Personal details
Born
Christine Mary Rutherford Fowler

1950 (age 73–74)
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
NationalityBritish
Spouse
Euan Nisbet
​
(m. 1975)​
ChildrenThree
AwardsPrestwich Medal of the Geological Society of London (1996)
Academic background
Alma materGirton College, Cambridge
Darwin College, Cambridge
ThesisSeismic Studies of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (1976)
Academic work
DisciplineGeology
Sub-discipline
Institutions

Christine Mary Rutherford Fowler, FRAS, FGS, FRCGS (born 1950) is a British geologist and academic. From 2012 to 2020, she served as the Master of Darwin College, Cambridge. She was previously a lecturer at Royal Holloway, University of London, rising to become Dean of its Faculty of Science.

Early life and education

Fowler was born in 1950 to Rosemary and Peter Fowler.[1] She comes from a family of eminent scientists. A great-grandfather was Ernest Rutherford, the 'father of nuclear physics', and her grandfather, Rutherford's son-in-law, was the mathematical physicist Ralph H. Fowler.[2]

She studied mathematics at Girton College, Cambridge, graduating with a first class Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1972.[2][3] In 1972 she joined Darwin College, Cambridge to undertake post-graduate studies in geophysics and completed her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 1976.[4] Her doctoral thesis was titled "Seismic Studies of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge".[5]

Academic career

From 1977 to 1978, Fowler was a Royal Society European Fellow at ETH Zürich in Switzerland.[3] She joined the University of Saskatchewan in Canada as a research associate in 1981.[3][6] She was an assistant professor from 1982 to 1983, before returning to her research associate position.[3] She remained associated with the university as an adjunct professor between 1991 and 2001.[3]

In 1992, Fowler joined Royal Holloway, University of London as a lecturer; she was later promoted to senior lecturer.[3][7] Between 2002 and 2008, she was head of the Department of Earth Sciences.[7] She was made Professor of Geophysics in 2003.[3] In 2011, she was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Science.[3]

In April 2012, it was announced that Fowler had been elected the sixth Master of Darwin College, Cambridge.[2] She took up the appointment in October 2012, succeeding William Brown.[6] She retired in 2020 and was succeeded by Dr Michael Rands.[8]

Personal life

In 1975, Fowler married Euan Nisbet, now a Professor of Earth Sciences at Royal Holloway.[3][9][10] They met at Darwin college, Cambridge while students.[2][9] Together, they have three children: two daughters and a son.[3] Their daughter (Ruth) Ellen Nisbet, who is a biochemist and academic, also studied at Darwin College, Cambridge.[2]

Honours

In 1996, Fowler was awarded the Prestwich Medal by the Geological Society of London.[11] She is a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society (FRAS), a Fellow of the Geological Society of London (FGS), and a Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society (FRCGS).[6] In July 2018, Fowler was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science (DSc) by the University of Leeds,[12] and by the University of Edinburgh.[13]

Selected works

  • Fowler, C. M. R. (1990). The Solid Earth: An Introduction to Global Geophysics (1st ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521370257.
  • Fowler, C. M. R.; Ebinger, C. J.; Hawkesworth, C. J., eds. (2002). The Early Earth: Physical, Chemical and Biological Development. London: Geological Society of London. ISBN 978-1862391093.
  • Fowler, C. M. R. (2005). The Solid Earth: An Introduction to Global Geophysics (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521584098.

References

  1. ↑ "Fowler, Prof. (Christine) Mary Rutherford". Who's Who. A & C Black. 2022. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U246624. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "New Master for Darwin". University of Cambridge. 3 April 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Fowler, Prof. (Christine) Mary Rutherford". Who's Who 2018. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2017. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.246624. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  4. ↑ "New Master for Darwin College". News. Darwin College, Cambridge. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  5. ↑ Fowler, C. M. R. (1976). Seismic Studies of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. E-Thesis Online Service (Ph.D). The British Library Board. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  6. 1 2 3 "Mary Fowler". Darwin College. University of Cambridge. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  7. 1 2 "Appointments". Times Higher Education. 21 April 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  8. ↑ "Latest news | www.darwin.cam.ac.uk". www.darwin.cam.ac.uk. 2 October 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  9. 1 2 Baker, Jennie (16 October 2012). "Four decades later, Mary returns". Cambridge News. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  10. ↑ "Professor Euan Nisbet". Earth Sciences. Royal Holloway, University of London. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  11. ↑ "Prestwich Medal". The Geological Society of London. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  12. ↑ "Christine Mary Rutherford Fowler". University of Leeds. July 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  13. ↑ "Honorary Graduates in 2018". The University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
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