Stanley Bowie, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Scottish geologist
Date of Birth: 24-Mar-1917
Place of Birth: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001
Profession: mineralogist
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Stanley Bowie
- Stanley Hay Umphray Bowie FRS (born 24 March 1917, in Bixter, Shetland - died 2008) was a Scottish geologist.
- He was considered a "world authority on uranium geology and a leader in the field of geochemistry and mineralogy".
- He developed methods and tools to identify opaque minerals using micro-indentation hardness and optical reflectance.
- The mineral bowieite was so named in recognition of his work on identification of opaque minerals.
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