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Leonard James Spencer CBE FRS (7 July 1870 – 14 April 1959) was a British geologist. He was an Honorary member of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall, and also a recipient of its Bolitho Medal. He was president of the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland from 1936 to 1939. In mineralogy Spencer was an original investigator who described several new minerals, including , tarbuttite and parahopeite. He also did important work as a curator, editor and bibliographer. He was the third person to receive the Roebling Medal, the highest award of the Mineralogical Society of America. He wrote at least 146 articles for the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition.

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  • Leonard James Spencer (en)
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  • Спенсер, Леонард Джеймс (ru)
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  • Leonard James Spencer CBE FRS (7 juillet 1870 - 14 avril 1959) est un géologue britannique. (fr)
  • Леонард Джеймс Спенсер (Leonard James Spenser; 7 июля 1870, Вустер, Вустершир — 14 апреля 1959, Лондон) — британский минералог и метеоритчик, хранитель минералогической коллекции Британского музея (1927—1935), почётный член Королевского геологического общества Корнуолла, награждён Орденом Британской империи, а также медалью Болито. (ru)
  • Leonard James Spencer (* 7. Juli 1870 in Worcester; † 14. April 1959 in London) war ein britischer Mineraloge. Spencer besuchte das Bradford Technical College (wo sein Vater Leiter der Tagesschule war) und ab 1886 das Royal College of Science of Ireland in Dublin. Danach studierte er Geologie, Mineralogie und Chemie an der Universität Cambridge mit Bestnoten in den Tripos-Prüfungen in Naturwissenschaften und dem Gewinn des Harkness Stipendiums 1893. Ende 1893 studierte er in München bei Paul Heinrich von Groth und ab 1894 war er in der Mineralogischen Abteilung des British Museum. Er wurde dort 1908 Assistent Erster Klasse, 1921 stellvertretender Direktor (Assistant Keeper) und als Nachfolger von G. T. Prior 1927 Direktor (Keeper). 1935 ging er in den Ruhestand. (de)
  • Leonard James Spencer CBE FRS (7 July 1870 – 14 April 1959) was a British geologist. He was an Honorary member of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall, and also a recipient of its Bolitho Medal. He was president of the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland from 1936 to 1939. In mineralogy Spencer was an original investigator who described several new minerals, including , tarbuttite and parahopeite. He also did important work as a curator, editor and bibliographer. He was the third person to receive the Roebling Medal, the highest award of the Mineralogical Society of America. He wrote at least 146 articles for the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition. (en)
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  • Leonard James Spencer (* 7. Juli 1870 in Worcester; † 14. April 1959 in London) war ein britischer Mineraloge. Spencer besuchte das Bradford Technical College (wo sein Vater Leiter der Tagesschule war) und ab 1886 das Royal College of Science of Ireland in Dublin. Danach studierte er Geologie, Mineralogie und Chemie an der Universität Cambridge mit Bestnoten in den Tripos-Prüfungen in Naturwissenschaften und dem Gewinn des Harkness Stipendiums 1893. Ende 1893 studierte er in München bei Paul Heinrich von Groth und ab 1894 war er in der Mineralogischen Abteilung des British Museum. Er wurde dort 1908 Assistent Erster Klasse, 1921 stellvertretender Direktor (Assistant Keeper) und als Nachfolger von G. T. Prior 1927 Direktor (Keeper). 1935 ging er in den Ruhestand. Als Kurator entwickelte er das System der Katalogisierung der Mineralogischen Sammlung des British Museum (des späteren Museum of Natural History in London). Er befasste sich insbesondere mit Meteoriten und Tektiten, zu denen er die Silikatglas Fragmente zählte, die in Meteoritenkratern gefunden wurden. Er studierte Meteoriten auf Expeditionen nach Südwestafrika und Libyen. Von 1900 bis 1955 war er Herausgeber des Mineralogical Magazine und 1920 bis 1955 von Mineralogical Abstracts. 1936 bis 1939 war er Präsident der Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland und danach ab 1949 deren Sekretär für Auslandskontakte. Spencer war seit 1899 verheiratet und hatte einen Sohn und zwei Töchter. (de)
  • Leonard James Spencer CBE FRS (7 July 1870 – 14 April 1959) was a British geologist. He was an Honorary member of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall, and also a recipient of its Bolitho Medal. He was president of the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland from 1936 to 1939. In mineralogy Spencer was an original investigator who described several new minerals, including , tarbuttite and parahopeite. He also did important work as a curator, editor and bibliographer. He was the third person to receive the Roebling Medal, the highest award of the Mineralogical Society of America. He wrote at least 146 articles for the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition. His daughter, Penelope Spencer became a successful free-style dancer and choreographer. (en)
  • Leonard James Spencer CBE FRS (7 juillet 1870 - 14 avril 1959) est un géologue britannique. (fr)
  • Леонард Джеймс Спенсер (Leonard James Spenser; 7 июля 1870, Вустер, Вустершир — 14 апреля 1959, Лондон) — британский минералог и метеоритчик, хранитель минералогической коллекции Британского музея (1927—1935), почётный член Королевского геологического общества Корнуолла, награждён Орденом Британской империи, а также медалью Болито. (ru)
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