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Hugh Torrens

Hugh Torrens

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Hugh Simon Torrens (born 1940) is a British historian of geology and paleontology, and Emeritus Professor of History of Science and Technology at Keele University.[1][2]

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Torrens received a bachelor's degree from the University of Oxford and a PhD from the University of Leicester.[2]

He was president of the Society for the History of Natural History from 2012 to 2015, when he was succeeded by Arthur MacGregor.[3]

He was awarded the Sue Tyler Friedman Medal by the Geological Society in 1991.[4]

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  1. [1]
    University, Keele. "Hugh Torrens, Keele University". www.keele.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
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    "01awardee00". www.gsahist.org. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
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    "A message from SHNH President, Professor Arthur MacGregor - Society for the History of Natural History". shnh.org.uk. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
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    "Sue Tyler Friedman Medal". Geological Society. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
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