George P. L. Walker
George Patrick Leonard Walker was a British geologist who specialized in mineralogy and volcanology.Career and research
He worked on the volcanic rocks of Iceland and on Mount Etna.
He taught at Imperial College.
In 1978, he was Captain James Cook Research Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand at the University of Auckland,
In 1981, he was Macdonald Chair in Volcanology at the University of Hawaii.Awards and honours
In 1958, Walker married Hazel Smith. They had a daughter, Alison, and a son, Leonard.
