Derek Booth

Derek Blake Booth (born 7 April 1953) is an Anglo-American aristocratic academic and geologist. Booth is heir presumptive to the Booth baronetcy.

Booth coat of arms

Education and career

Educated at Hampshire College, Amherst (B.A. in Literature, 1974), University of California, Berkeley (B.A. in Geology, 1978), Stanford University (M.S. in Geology, 1980) and the University of Washington (Ph.D. in Geological Sciences, 1984),[1] Booth was Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Earth & Space Sciences at the University of Washington, before joining Stillwater Sciences (Past President).[2]

Booth, an affiliate professor of the University of Washington and an adjunct professor of the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management (UCSB), is senior editor of Quaternary Research.[3]

Family

Of Anglo-American aristocratic descent, Booth married Elizabeth Dreisbach on 28 June 1981, and had two children, including a son, Colin Booth (born 1982), heir-in-line to the baronetcy. They divorced in 2000.[4]

Booth married Stephanie Louise Moret on 24 June 2006[5] with whom he lives in Santa Barbara, California.[6]

References
  1. "Derek Booth CV" (PDF). Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  2. "Stillwater Sciences". Archived from the original on 23 January 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  3. www.cambridge.org
  4. Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage (2021)
  5. www.ucsb.edu
  6. www.burkespeerage.com
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