| Code | PX1473 |
| Dates | 1944-2002 |
| Person Name | Criddle; Alan John (1944-2002) |
| Surname | Criddle |
| Forenames | Alan John |
| Activity | Museum Staff: Appointed scientific officer in Department of Mineralogy, 1969.
The mineral criddleite named after him 1988.
Treasurer of the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1986-1991; served on Council 1998-2000; Managing Trustee 1997-2000.
Chairman of the Commission on Ore Mineralogy 1998-2002 and UK representative on the Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names of the International Mineralogical Association 1998-2002. |
| Source | Memorial Notice, 'Mineralogical Magazine', April 2004, Vol. 68(2), pp. 223-229 |