The Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션™s community is remembering Edward (Ed) Farrar, Emeritus Professor in the Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, who died Sunday Nov. 8 after years of living with vascular dementia.

Dr. Farrar received his B.A. in physics from the 카지노게임사이트 of Toronto in 1959 and a year later earned a master카지노 게임 컬렉션™s in physics (meteorology) from the same institution. After working for three years as meteorologist at the air force base in Goose Bay, Labrador, he returned to the 카지노게임사이트 of Toronto where he earned a Ph.D. in geophysics in 1966. During this period, he researched methods of potassium-argon (K-Ar) dating of rocks in the geochronology laboratory of Professor Derek York.

In 1966, Dr. Farrar joined the Department of Geological Sciences at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션™s 카지노게임사이트 and established his own geochronology lab. He also served as head of the department from 1981 to 1986.

Dr. Farrar카지노 게임 컬렉션™s teaching and research at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션™s centered on problems in geophysics, geochronology and geotectonics. His PhD thesis and early work at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션™s were a major contribution to the field of geochronology (concerned with investigating the age and history of the Earth). His demonstration that the AEI MS-10 mass spectrometer 카지노 게임 컬렉션“ an inexpensive, simple leak detector 카지노 게임 컬렉션“ could be re-purposed to do accurate and precise quantitative argon isotope analyses was revolutionary for geochronology and resulted in the proliferation of K-Ar labs worldwide. The work was published in Nature in 1964. The fact that most modern geochronology labs are in geoscience departments, can be traced back to Dr. Farrar's ground-breaking work. 

Dr. Farrar authored and co-authored more than 60 papers in refereed scientific journals, and he supervised and co-supervised more than 30 graduate students.

Dr. Farrar was interred near Cobourg on Thursday, Nov. 12. 

An obituary written by his colleagues, Professors Emeriti John Dixon and Hewart (Herb) Helmstaedt, with contributions by Dr. Doug Archibald, is available on the Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering website.