Derek John Blundell (1933 – 24 November 2023) was a British geologist who was emeritus professor of geophysics at

Royal Holloway, University of London Royal Holloway, University of London (RHUL), formally incorporated as Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, is a public research university and a constituent college of the federal University of London. It has six schools, 21 academic departm ...

. Blundell was president of the

Geological Society The Geological Society of London, known commonly as the Geological Society, is a learned society based in the United Kingdom. It is the oldest national geological society in the world and the largest in Europe with more than 12,000 Fellows. Fe ...

from 1988 to 1990 and awarded the Society's Coke Medal in 1993. Blundell died on 24 November 2023, at the age of 90.Professor Derek Blundell, 90: Geophysicist on research ship in Antarctica when it hit iceberg
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1933 births 2023 deaths Academics of Royal Holloway, University of London British geologists British geophysicists Presidents of the Geological Society of London {{UK-geologist-stub