Read the bio below and try to give details on frederick vine 's: - prizes - work institutions - field - birth date - name - nationality - alma mater Bio: frederick john vine frs -lrb- born 17 june 1939 -rrb- is an english marine geologist and geophysicist . he made key contributions to the theory of plate tectonics , helping to show that the seafloor spreads from mid-ocean ridges with a symmetrical pattern of magnetic reversals in the basalt rocks on either side .
- prizes is arthur -lrb- 1971 -rrb- chapman medal -lrb- 1973 -rrb- frs -lrb- l. 1974 -rrb- appleton medal and prize -lrb- 1977 -rrb- balzan day prize -lrb- 1981 -rrb- hughes medal -lrb- 1982 -rrb- prestwich medal medal -lrb- 2007 -rrb- -lrb- 1968 -rrb- bigsby medal- work institutions is university of east anglia- field is marine geologist geophysicist- birth date is 17 june 1939- name is frederick vine- nationality is british- alma mater is st john 's college , cambridge