biographies

Juan Luis Martín Vivaldi, profile
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Juan Luis Martín Vivaldi (Granada 1918-Madrid 1974), graduated in Chemistry from the University of Granada in 1940, received his doctorate in the Complutense University of Madrid in 1949, under the…

José M. Serratosa (1924-2012)
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JOSE MARÍA SERRATOSA (1924-2012), has been one of the scientists who has given the greatest boost to both the Clays Science and the SEA. Linked to the CSIC from 1953…

Prof. Emilio Galán Huertos (1932-2018), profile
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Prof. Emilio Galán Huertos, world renowned clay mineralogist, was born in Málaga (Spain) on February 4, 1942 and was a man of exceptional talent. After successfully completing his secondary studies,…

Dr. José Antonio Rausell-Colom (1932-2018), profile
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Dr. José Antonio Rausell-Colom was the pioneering clay mineralogist who carried out some of the earliest research on swelling and intercalation of 2:1 clays. During his long and productive career…

Prof. Fernando Veniale (1929-2019), profile
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Prof. Fernando Veniale was born in Pavia (1929), a town renowned for its ancient Alma Ticinensis Universitas where he studied in a uniquely stimulating environment. After graduating in 1954 with…

Dr. Douglas M.C. MacEwan (1917-2000), profile
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Dr. Douglas MacEwan was born in Edinburgh on June 20, 1917. He attended a private school where he joined a relatively high age (12 years old). At the age of…

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