Record

CodePX1427
Dates1929-2010
Person NameEmbrey; Peter Godwin (1929-2010); Mineralogist
SurnameEmbrey
ForenamesPeter Godwin
EpithetMineralogist
ActivityMuseum Staff: appointed scientific officer in Department of Mineralogy, 1956; senior scientific officer 1958; principal scientific officer 1969; retired 1986
Branch chair of IPCS.
He took radical steps to develop the Mineral Collection, largely through instituting exchanges with mineral dealers in the absence of purchase grants. He also ensured that the Museum obtained the Russell and Smith & Key Collections.Through his generosity he gave a considerable boost to the Mineralogy rare books collection.
SourceNHM Obituary
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DF/PH/2/1/6/40Staff Photograph: P G Embrey 
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