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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2005-09-14 human Annette Alafaci and Helen Cohn updated 2026-02-05 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004607b.htm person Chappell Bruce William FAA FAGS FMSA AACR2 20 November 1936 22 April 2012 Place of Birth Armidale, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Geologist Geochemist Bruce Chappell was Professor of Geology at Australian National University from 1992 to 1997 and appointed Professor of Earth Scientific at the University of Wollongong in 2006. His research speciality was the evolution of granites and their role in the fractionation of the Earth's crust. He recognised that many granite magmas move away from their sources deep in the crust as a mixture of melt and solid residual material. With Allan White he determined that there are two types of granite magma. Chappell was a pioneer in the use of X-ray fluorescence spectrography for trace element analysis of rock, leading to contributions in other geological fields, notable the analysis of granites returned to earth by the Apollo lunar missions. 1959 1959 Education - Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc(Hons)), University of New England, New South Wales 1959 1960 Career position - Demonstrator in Geology, University of New England 1960 1968 Career position - Lecturer in Geology, Australian National University in Canberra 1961 1961 Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of New England 1967 1967 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Australian National University 1968 1976 Career position - Senior Lecturer in Geology, Australian National University 1971 1971 Award - Certificate of Merit, Australian Industrial Design Council 1974 1975 Career position - Visiting Scientist in the Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, University of Cambridge, UK 1977 1992 Career position - Reader in Geology, Australian National University 1983 Award - Fellow, Mineralogical Society of America (FMSA) 1988 1988 Award - Stillwell Award, Geological Society of Australia (co-recipient) 1990 1990 Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), Australian National University 1992 1997 Career position - Professor of Geology, Australian National University 1994 2012 Award - Fellow, American Geological Society (FAGS) 1995 2012 Award - Honorary Fellow, Geological Society of London 1997 2012 Career position - Emeritus Professor, Australian National University 1998 1998 Award - Mawson Medal and Lecture, Australian Academy of Science 1998 2012 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA) 2001 Career position - Adjunct Professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Science at Macquarie University in Sydney 1 Jan 2001 1 Jan 2001 Award - Centenary Medal - for service to Australian society in earth and planetary science 2001 2001 Career position - Leverhulme Fellow and Visiting Professor, University of Bristol, United Kingdom 2006 Career position - Professor of Earth Sciences, University of Wollongong 2007 2012 Award - Fellow, Geological Society of Australia 2008 2012 Award - Honorary Fellow, Geological Society, London 2014 2014 Award - Keith Norrish AXAA Award for Excellence in X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis (posthumous), Australian X-ray Analytical Association The University of Wollongong

Professor of Earth Sciences 2006 -

 Australian National University (1946 - )

Professor of Geology 1992 - 1997

 Geological Society of Australia Inc (1952 - )

Fellow 2007 - 2012

 Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )

Fellow 1998 - 2012

 Mawson Medal and Lecture, Australian Academy of Science (1981 - )

Awarded the Medal 1998

 Chappell, B W (1936-)

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 'Chappell, Bruce William', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Chappell, Bruce William Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: Mawson Medal and Lecture Australian Academy of Science Mawson Medal and Lecture Australian Academy of Science 2025 Journal Article: Bruce William Chappell 1936 - 2012 Williams, Ian S.; and Campbell, S. W. Bruce William Chappell 1936 - 2012 2017 Historical Records of Australian Science 28 2 146-58 Book: Geology at ANU (1959-2009) : 50 Years of History and Reminiscences Rickard, Mike, comp. Geology at ANU (1959-2009) : 50 Years of History and Reminiscences Acton, A.C.T. ANU E Press 2010