David John Drewry (born 22 September 1947, in

Grimsby Grimsby or Great Grimsby is a port town and the administrative centre of North East Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England. Grimsby adjoins the town of Cleethorpes directly to the south-east forming a conurbation. Grimsby is north-east of L ...

)David J Drewry
speaker biography for 2008 conference at Yorkshire Universities (Word document liste
here
), accessed 20 February 2010 is a

glaciologist Glaciology (; ) is the scientific study of glaciers, or more generally ice and natural phenomena that involve ice. Glaciology is an interdisciplinary Earth science that integrates geophysics, geology, physical geography, geomorphology, clima ...

and geophysicist who was described in the conferring of an honorary degree by

Anglia Ruskin University Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) is a public university in East Anglia, United Kingdom. Its origins are in the Cambridge School of Art, founded by William John Beamont in 1858. It became a university in 1992, and was renamed after John Ruskin in ...

in 1998 as having an "outstanding reputation as an eminent scientist of international repute".Professor David J Drewry
, citation for Honorary Doctor of Science, 1998, Anglia Ruskin University, accessed 20 February 2010 Drewry has also received several awards for his work. Since 1 July 2015 he is the vice-president of the European University Association.

Early life

Drewry was educated at Havelock Grammar School (now the Havelock Academy) in Grimsby.Dr. David Drewry
speaker biography at a Physics Colloquia at the University of York in June 2001, accessed 20 February 2010 He then studied at

Queen Mary College , mottoeng = With united powers , established = 1785 – The London Hospital Medical College1843 – St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College1882 – Westfield College1887 – East London College/Queen Mary College , type = Public researc ...

in east London, graduating with a

BSc A Bachelor of Science (BS, BSc, SB, or ScB; from the Latin ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for programs that generally last three to five years. The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Science was the University ...

in Geography in 1969.Professor David Drewry
Emmanuel College listing of Fellows, accessed 20 February 2010
, 'Alumni in the News' section of QM Alumni e-Newsletter Issue 15, August 2008, accessed 20 February 2010 He then studied in Cambridge, residing at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and completed a PhD on Glaciology and Geophysics in 1974 with thesis titled ''Sub-ice relief and geology of East Antarctica''.

Career

From 1978 to 1983, Drewry was a senior research assistant at the Scott Polar Research Institute, and then assistant director of research in 1983. He was director of the Scott Polar Research Institute from 1984 to 1987, and then director of the British Antarctic Survey from 1987 to 1994. He is an honorary fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He became the vice-chancellor designate of the

University of Hull The University of Hull is a public research university in Kingston upon Hull, a city in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was founded in 1927 as University College Hull. The main university campus is located in Hull and is home to the Hull ...

in November 1999, being designated to take over on the planned retirement of the previous incumbent, David Dilks, in January 2000. On 1 September 2009, he was succeeded by

Calie Pistorius Carl Wilhelm Irene ("Calie") Pistorius (born 9 August 1958) is a South African academic who is a former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hull, Kingston upon Hull, United Kingdom. He announced, on 1 August 2016, that he would be stepping down ...

, formerly the vice-chancellor of the

University of Pretoria The University of Pretoria ( af, Universiteit van Pretoria, nso, Yunibesithi ya Pretoria) is a multi-campus public research university in Pretoria, the administrative and de facto capital of South Africa. The university was established in 1908 ...

.Appointments

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, 12 March 2009

Awards and honours

Drewry has received several awards and honours for his work. *

Polar Medal The Polar Medal is a medal awarded by the Sovereign of the United Kingdom to individuals who have outstanding achievements in the field of polar research, and particularly for those who have worked over extended periods in harsh climates. It ...

(UK) *

Antarctica Service Medal The Antarctica Service Medal (ASM) was established by the United States Congress on July 7, 1960, under Public Law 600 of the 86th Congress. The medal was intended as a military award to replace several commemorative awards which had been issu ...

(USA) * 1994 - Prix de la Belgica Gold Medal of the Royal Belgian Academy of Sciences * 1998 -

Patron's Medal The Royal Geographical Society's Gold Medal consists of two separate awards: the Founder's Medal 1830 and the Patron's Medal 1838. Together they form the most prestigious of the society's awards. They are given for "the encouragement and promoti ...

of the Royal Geographical Society Drewry Ice Stream in

Ellsworth Land Ellsworth Land is a portion of the Antarctic continent bounded on the west by Marie Byrd Land, on the north by Bellingshausen Sea, on the northeast by the base of Antarctic Peninsula, and on the east by the western margin of the Filchner–Ronne ...

and Mount Drewry in the

Queen Alexandra Range The Queen Alexandra Range is a major mountain range of the Transantarctic Mountains System, located in the Ross Dependency region of Antarctica. It is about long, bordering the entire western side of Beardmore Glacier from the Polar Plateau to ...

are named after him.

Personal life

Drewry is "married to Gillian Elizabeth and lives in East Yorkshire and London".

References and notes

External links

David Drewry biography
(from Emmanuel College, Cambridge)

(from Anglia Ruskin University - includes both biography and citation)
David Drewry biography
(from European University Association) {{DEFAULTSORT:Drewry, David 1947 births Living people People from Grimsby British glaciologists British geophysicists Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society People associated with the University of Hull British Antarctic Survey British Antarctic scientists People of the Scott Polar Research Institute