Richard Corfield (scientist)
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Richard Corfield (born 22 January 1962) is a scientist,{{cite journal|author1=Corfield, R. M |author2=Norris, R. D |name-list-style=amp |title=Deep Water Circulation in the Paleocene Ocean|journal=Geological Society, London, Special Publications |year=1996 |volume=101 |issue=1 |pages=443–456 |url=http://sp.lyellcollection.org/content/101/1/443.short|publisher=Geological Society of London|doi=10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.101.01.21 |bibcode=1996GSLSP.101..443C |s2cid=128643717 |accessdate=15 October 2011|url-access=subscription }}{{cite journal|journal=Science|title=Mechanisms of Climate Warming at the End of the Paleocene|year=1999 |doi=10.1126/science.285.5428.724 |url=https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.285.5428.724|accessdate=15 October 2011|last1=Bains |first1=Santo |last2=Corfield |first2=Richard M. |last3=Norris |first3=Richard D. |volume=285 |issue=5428 |pages=724–727 |pmid=10426992 |url-access=subscription }}{{cite web|last=Nature|title=Termination of Global Warmth at the Palaeocene/Eocene boundary through productivity feedback|url=http://courses.washington.edu/ocean450/Discussion_Topics_Papers/Bains_et_al.pdf|work=Nature|accessdate=15 October 2011}}{{cite web|last=Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program|title=The evolution of Antarctic surface waters during the Paleogene: Inferences from the stable isotopic composition of planktonic foraminifers, ODP Leg 113|url=http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/113_SR/VOLUME/CHAPTERS/sr113_48.pdf|work=Ocean Drilling Program|accessdate=15 October 2011}} science writer,{{cite web|last=Corfield|first=Richard|title=richardcorfield.com|url=http://www.richardcorfield.com/about_me.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011105033737/http://www.richardcorfield.com/about_me.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=5 November 2001}} and broadcaster,{{cite web|title=In Our Time|url=http://jungle.bbc.westminster.ac.uk/navigator/context/inourtime/Richard_Corfield|accessdate=15 October 2011}}{{dead link|date=December 2013}}{{cite news|work=The Guardian|title=An Interview with Craig Venter|url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/video/2010/nov/26/craig-venter-genome-climate-change|accessdate=15 October 2011|location=London|date=26 November 2010}} based in Oxford, United Kingdom.
Early life
Corfield attended an all boys' grammar school, William Ellis School, in Highgate, London.
He received his BSc in Zoology in 1983 from Bristol University and his PhD in biogeochemistry in 1987 from Cambridge University, where he worked with Professor Sir Nicholas Shackleton FRS on the greenhouse effect during the Paleocene Epoch.
Career
Corfield is the managing director of the Science and Media consultancy Hanborough Consultants. He has written three books: Architects of Eternity: The New Science of Fossils,{{cite book|last=Corfield|first=Richard|title=Architects of Eternity: The New Science of Fossils|id={{ASIN|0747271798|country=uk}}}} The Silent Landscape: In the Wake of HMS Challenger,{{cite book|last=Corfield|first=Richard|title=The Silent Landscape: In the Wake of HMS Challenger|id={{ASIN|0719565308|country=uk}}}}{{cite book|last=Corfield|first=Richard|title=The Silent Landscape: The Scientific Voyage of HMS Challenger|publisher=Joseph Henry Press (US edition)|id={{ASIN|0309089042|country=uk}}}} and Lives of the Planets; A Natural History of the Solar System.{{cite book|last=Corfield|first=Richard|title=Lives of the Planets: A Natural History of the Solar System|date=25 June 2007 |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0011A68OA|publisher=Basic Books|accessdate=15 October 2011}}{{cite book|last=Corfield|first=Richard|title=La Vida de los Planetas|publisher=Perfect Paperback|id={{ASIN|8449322669|country=uk}}}}
As well as contributing to magazines, on-line publications and newspapers such as Physics World,{{cite web|last=Physics|first=World|title=Sputnik's Legacy|url=http://www.richardcorfield.com/pages/other_writing/moving_finger/sputnik.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425065505/http://www.richardcorfield.com/pages/other_writing/moving_finger/sputnik.pdf|url-status=usurped|archive-date=25 April 2012|publisher=Institute of Physics|accessdate=15 October 2011}} Chemistry World,{{cite web|last=Chemistry|first=World|title=Identifying the Lost Soldiers of Fromelles|url=http://www.richardcorfield.com/pages/other_writing/research_cuts/The_Lost_Soldiers_of_Fromelles.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425065527/http://www.richardcorfield.com/pages/other_writing/research_cuts/The_Lost_Soldiers_of_Fromelles.pdf |url-status=usurped |archive-date=25 April 2012 |publisher=Royal Society of Chemistry|accessdate=15 October 2011}}{{cite web|last=Chemistry|first=World|title=Houston, we've had a problem|url=http://www.richardcorfield.com/pages/other_writing/moving_finger/Apollo13.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425065639/http://www.richardcorfield.com/pages/other_writing/moving_finger/Apollo13.pdf|url-status=usurped|archive-date=25 April 2012|publisher=Royal Society of Chemistry|accessdate=15 October 2011}} Astrobiology.net,{{cite web|last=Astrobiology.net|title=The Shoulders of Giants|url=http://www.astrobio.net/index.php?option=com_retrospection&task=detail&id=3397|publisher=NASA|accessdate=15 October 2011}}{{cite web|last=Astrobiology.net|title=Fantastic Voyage|url=http://www.astrobio.net/index.php?option=com_retrospection&task=detail&id=3296|publisher=NASA|accessdate=15 October 2011}}{{cite web|last=Astrobiology.net|title=The Brotherhood of Speed: Part 1|url=http://www.astrobio.net/index.php?option=com_retrospection&task=detail&id=3758|publisher=NASA|accessdate=15 October 2011}}{{cite web|last=Astrobiology.net|title=The Brotherhood of Speed part 2: Lifting to Space|url=http://www.astrobio.net/index.php?option=com_retrospection&task=detail&id=3759|accessdate=15 October 2011}} Space.com,{{cite web|last=space.com|title=Path to the Sky: The Birth of the Space Shuttle: Part 1|website=Space.com |date=2 February 2011 |url=http://www.space.com/10741-space-shuttle-origins-history-nasa.html}}{{cite web|last=Space.com|title=Path to the Sky: The Birth of the Space Shuttle: Part 2|website=Space.com |date=3 February 2011 |url=http://www.space.com/10759-nasa-space-shuttle-birth.html|accessdate=15 October 2011}} and The Washington Post{{cite news|newspaper=The Washington Post|title=The Day the Astronauts Died|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/26/AR2007012601593.html|accessdate=15 October 2011|date=28 January 2007}} he also wrote and appeared in the Newton Channel/Guardian documentary An Interview with Craig Venter.
He is also a regular contributor on radio, particularly to In Our Time{{cite web|last=In Our Time|title=Aging the Earth|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p005493g|accessdate=15 October 2011}}{{cite web|last=In Our Time|title=Ediacara Biota|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lh2s3|publisher=BBC|accessdate=15 October 2011}}{{cite web|last=In Our Time|title=Fossils|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00547d3|publisher=BBC|accessdate=15 October 2011}}{{cite web|last=In Our Time|title=Mammals|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p003k9ds|publisher=BBC|accessdate=15 October 2011}}{{cite web|last=In Our Time|title=The Cambrian Period|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p003k9bg|accessdate=15 October 2011}}{{cite web|last=In Our Time|title=The Geological Formation of Britain|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00n8t48|accessdate=15 October 2011}}{{cite web|last=In Our Time|title=The Origins of Life|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004y29f|publisher=BBC|accessdate=15 October 2011}}{{cite web|last=In Our Time|title=The Permian-Triassic Boundary|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007r285|publisher=BBC|accessdate=15 October 2011}} with Melvyn Bragg, The Material World, and The Report.
Personal life
Corfield lives in Long Hanborough, on the A4095, west of Oxford. He is married to Julie Cartlidge. They have two daughters, born in 1994 and 2000.
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