doctoral_advisor thesis_year death_place death_date birth_place thesis_title awards fields workplaces birth_date known_for article_title name alma_mater
victor moritz goldschmidt 1943 washington , d.c. , usa 03 december 2009 port chalmers , dunedin , new zealand mineralogical o 3 - mno - mn 2 o 3 aspects of the system feo - fe 2 leonard medal roebling medal -lrb- 1993 -rrb- geochemistry , mineralogy , meteoritics indiana university , smithsonian institution 18 april 1917 meteorite classification brian harold mason
 brian harold mason university of stockholm
brian harold mason

brian harold mason -lrb- 18 april 1917 -- 3 december 2009 -rrb- was a new zealand geochemist and mineralogist who was one of the pioneers in the study of meteorites .
mason played a leading part in understanding the nature of the solar system through his studies of meteorites and lunar rocks .
he also examined and classified thousands of meteorites collected from antarctica .
