Record

Code	PX7205
Dates	1938-5 Feb 2023
Person Name	Cocks; Leonard Robert Morrison (1938-5 Feb 2023); Robin
Surname	Cocks
Forenames	Leonard Robert Morrison
Epithet	Robin
Activity	Museum Staff: Appointed Scientific Officer Department of Palaeontology September 1965; Senior Scientific Officer May 1966; Principal Scientific Officer June 1972; Deputy Keeper October 1982, Keeper November 1986, Retired 16 June 1998 Worked in Brachipod Section From his staff obituary. A world-renowned expert on fossil brachiopods, Robin joined the NHM in 1965. He contributed his deep knowledge towards palaeoecology, Earth history, stratigraphy and palaeogeography. Awarded various medals for his contributions to palaeontology and geology, Robin was appointed OBE in 1999. Although Robin retired in 1998, he continued at the NHM as an active Scientific Associate pursuing his passion for brachiopod taxonomy, and its application across various palaeontological disciplines, contributing to journal articles and book chapters throughout. Full obituary available from Archivist.
Relationships	Married to Elaine Cocks

Catalogue

RefNo	Title
DF/PAL/107/146	People's Republic of China - visits
DF/PAL/107/147	Kenya & Uganda
DF/PAL/107/156	Stan Wood's fossils
DF/PH/2/5/1/17	Staff Group Photograph: Brachipod Section
DF/PAL/124/5/1/3	Notebook relating to Newfoundland, Anticosti and Norway (Notebook 4)
DF/PAL/107/155	East Wing
DF/PAL/107/144	Swanscombe excavation
DF/PAL/107/134	Casts
DF/PAL/107/133	British Geological Survey
DF/PAL/124/5/1	Cocks, Leonard Robert Morrison (Robin): notebooks
DF/PH/2/5/1/3	Staff Group Photograph: Palaeontology Department Staff
DF/PH/2/5/1/5	Staff Group Photograph: Palaeontology Department Staff
DF/PAL/124/4/4	Fossil Brachiopoda: Sectional Correspondence, 1950-2005
DF/PAL/124/5/1/4	Notebook relating to USSR (Notebook 6)
DF/PAL/124/5/1/7	Notebook relating to North America (Notebook 9)
DF/PAL/124/5/1/6	Notebook relating to Corvallis and Oregon trip (Notebook 8)
DF/PAL/124/5/1/8	Notebook relating to Calcutta (Notebook 10)
DF/PAL/124/5/1/2	Notebook relating to UK and Gotland (Notebook 3)
DF/PAL/124/5/1/1	Notebook relating to Inferior Oolite: Onny River (Notebook 2)
DF/PAL/124/5/1/5	Notebook relating to Podolia, Hong Kong, China, Sardinia, Estonia, Leningrad, Abu Dhabi, Czechoslovakia (Notebook 7)

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