death_place death_date birth_place fields birth_date article_title name
ottawa , ontario 26 april 1987 estevan , saskatchewan geology 26 september 1897 clifford h. stockwell
 clifford howard stockwell
clifford h. stockwell

clifford howard stockwell -lrb- september 26 , 1897 -- april 26 , 1987 -rrb- was an award-winning geologist , who published many scientific papers , reports and memoirs in the fields of mineralogy , structural geology , petrology , and stratigraphy .
he earned his phd in geology at mcgill university in montreal in 1926 .
he completed his earliest publication , `` galena hill , mayo district , yukon '' , in 1925 as a graduate student .
in 1927 , stockwell 's paper on `` the x-ray study of the garnet group '' , earned him recognition , as it was an important step in the understanding of the crystal structure of these minerals .
in 1933 , he received acclaim for his work on `` the genesis of pegmatites of southwest manitoba '' .
some of his other noteworthy papers include ; `` the chromite deposits of the eastern townships , quebec , '' `` the gold deposits of herb lake area '' , and `` the rice lake-gold lake area '' , in manitoba .
dr. stockwell was also an explorer .
in july/august 1932 , he canoed through the unexplored region north of great slave lake .
this work delineated the basic features and problems of the geology of this large part of the precambrian shield , and laid the foundation for the many studies that followed .
he devoted much of his time working for the geological survey of canada .
in the 1950s he concentrated on structural geology - the structural controls of mineral deposits .
during world war 1 , he trained to be a pilot with the royal flying corps but by the time he qualified as a pilot , hostilities were over .
he was married to a. elizabeth johnston -lrb- 1909-1964 -rrb- , a talented amateur oilpainter .
he is buried with his wife in pinecrest cemetery , ottawa .
