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Leonard Hawkes

British geologist (1891–1981)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 11, 2026
Entity authorityQ527285 ↗
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Leonard Hawkes FRS (6 August 1891 – 29 October 1981) was a British geologist. Awarded the Murchison Medal in 1946 and the Wollaston Medal in 1962. He was head of the geology department at Bedford College, London between 1921 and 1956.

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The public source identifies “Leonard Hawkes” as british geologist (1891–1981). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Leonard, Hawkes and British.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1891, 1981, 1946, 1962—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1891-08-06. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Leonard, Hawkes and British providing the first useful test.
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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jan 11, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q527285. VIAF identifies the subject as 829166479507307840006. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1891, 1981, 1946 and 1962.

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This entry incorporates text from “Leonard Hawkes” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.