Christopher Garrett

{{Short description|British oceanographer}}

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Christopher John Raymond Garrett FRS, FRSC (born 1943 Bude) is a British oceanographer, and Lansdowne Professor of Ocean Physics, at University of Victoria.{{cite web |url=http://web.uvic.ca/oceanphysics/people/garrett/ |title=Chris Garrett's Homepage |website=web.uvic.ca |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121221060911/http://web.uvic.ca/oceanphysics/people/garrett/ |archive-date=2012-12-21}}{{Cite web | url=http://www.science.ca/scientists/scientistprofile.php?pID=433&pg=3 | title=Science.ca : Chris Garrett}} He was a 1981 Guggenheim Fellow.{{Cite web |url=http://www.gf.org/fellows/5146-christopher-j-garrett |title=Christopher J. Garrett - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation |access-date=2011-12-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130528011505/http://www.gf.org/fellows/5146-christopher-j-garrett |archive-date=2013-05-28 |url-status=dead }}

Education

He earned a B.A. in 1965, and Ph.D. in 1968 from University of Cambridge.{{Cite web | url=http://seos.uvic.ca/people/garrett.htm |title = Earth and Ocean Sciences - University of Victoria}}

Career and research

He was executive committee member at Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives.{{Cite web | url=http://www.capi.uvic.ca/people/garrett |title = CAPI home page - University of Victoria}}

Awards and honours

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1993.{{cite web|url = http://royalsociety.org/uploadedFiles/Royal_Society_Content/about-us/fellowship/Fellows1660-2007.pdf| title = Royal Society Fellows 1660-2007| publisher = Royal Society|accessdate = 2012-03-06}}

Personal life

Dr. Garrett is now{{when|date=December 2016}} retired.

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