Canadian geologist

Lawrence Morley has had a long, successful career in geophysics, including work on remote sensing, aerophysics, palaeomagnetic research, and geophysical instrumentation and interpretation, publishing 65 scientific and technical papers. Born in Toronto, Ontario, Morley received his education at Collingwood, Owen Sound and Lakefield College School, Ontario. He then attended the University of Toronto, studying Physics and Geology, but his degree was interrupted by the Second World War, during which time he served four years with the Royal Navy as a radar officer. Morley graduated in 1946, after hostilities had ended. In 1949, Morley returned to the University of Toronto to complete a Masters and then a Ph.D. in geophysics, during which time he studied palaeomagnetism under Professor J. Tuzo Wilson.

Morley was the first to suggest the theory of the magnetic imprinting of rocks on the ocean floor in 1963, during a talk...