Grant Mossop (1948 - 7 October 2005) was a geologist from Canada. He earned a B.Sc. in 1970 and an M.Sc. in 1971 from the

University of Calgary The University of Calgary (U of C or UCalgary) is a public research university located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The University of Calgary started in 1944 as the Calgary branch of the University of Alberta, founded in 1908, prior to being ins ...

followed by a Ph.D. in geology from the

University of London The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in post-nominals) is a federal public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom. The university was established by royal charter in 1836 as a degree ...

. He served as the Director of the Institute of Sedimentary and Petroleum Geology, Geological Survey of Canada Calgary. A graduate scholarship in his name was established in 2009. He was awarded the

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of the

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in 1995.

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