Mar 22, 2017

Brian Harland 100

Celebrating the 100th birthday of Walter Brian Harland (1917-2003) Wednesday 22nd March: Visit our online Archive gallery
Category: 2017
Posted by: Sandra
Brian, Svalbard 1953    Brian, Arran 1956   Brian and Elisabeth, Diamond Wedding 2002

Brian Harland spent 43 field seasons undertaking geological mapping of the Polar archipelago, Svalbard, beginning in 1938 and ending in the 1990s. He was a demonstrator and lecturer in the Department of Earth Sciences, and was instrumental in the establishment of CASP (Cambridge Arctic Shelf Programme).

To celebrate his birthday (which he shares with Adam Sedgwick) you can learn more about Brian and see photographs and documents from the archive in our online gallery

For further information about the Archives, please contact our archivist Sandra Freshney.

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Publications

'Tools of the Trade'
Available to purchase in the Sedgwick Museum shop

Tools of the Trade

Agostino Scilla's
'Vain Speculation Undeceived by Sense'
English translation available to download.
Agostino Scilla download

Our Rocks are on the Move!
We are reuniting our important rock collections under one roof! Can you help support the building of our new Sedgwick Museum Collections store? Read more and donate here

Friends of the Sedgwick Museum prizewinners give us their thoughts on their time at the Museum in 2016
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Work Experience at the Sedgwick - read about our latest student to visit us for two weeks and experience life in a Museum. 

Studying Earth Sciences at Cambridge University

Did you know?
The University of Cambridge is listed at the top of The Complete University's Guide 2016 for geology.

Discover more about studying Earth Sciences at the University of Cambridge in this video featuring Museum Curator of Mineralogy and Petrology Professor Marian Holness and Sir David Attenborough