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'''Devendra Lal''' [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]] (14 February 1929 – 1 December 2012) was an Indian [[geophysicist]].<br />
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==Life==<br />
He was born in [[Varanasi, India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://scripps.ucsd.edu/news/3202 |title=:: SCRIPPS OCEANOGRAPHY NEWS : : Obituary Notice: Devendra Lal: 1929-2012 :: |publisher=scripps.ucsd.edu |date= 10 January 2013|access-date=2013-05-28}}</ref> <br />
He graduated from [[Banaras Hindu University]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sio.ucsd.edu/Profile/dlal |title=:: Scripps Institution Of Oceanography, Ucsd : ::: |publisher=Sio.ucsd.edu |date=2012-12-10 |access-date=2013-05-28}}</ref><br />
He graduated from [[Bombay University]]; his thesis was on cosmic ray physics; his thesis adviser was [[Bernard Peters]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = Devendra Lal (1929-2012) |publisher= Geochemical Society|url = http://www.geochemsoc.org/news/inmemoriam/devendra-lal-1929-2012/|website = www.geochemsoc.org|access-date = 2015-09-10}}</ref><br />
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He was Director, of the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad from 1972 to 1983.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indiajournal.com/archives/32396 |title=Geophysicist Devendra Lal Dead |publisher=India Journal |date=2012-12-15 |access-date=2013-05-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629121336/http://www.indiajournal.com/archives/32396 |archive-date=29 June 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><br />
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He was Visiting Professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, [[University of California, San Diego]], from 1989 to 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://meteoriticalsociety.org/index.php?page_id=0&block_id=42&active_action=journal_view_main_detail&key=jowdjhjs9-42&post_id=59&comment_flag=1 |title=Devendra Lal, 1929-2012 |publisher=The Meteoritical Society |date=2012-10-21 |access-date=2013-05-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Special Correspondent |url=http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/geophysicist-devendra-lal-passes-away/article4178634.ece |title=Geophysicist Devendra Lal passes away |newspaper=The Hindu |date=2012-12-08 |access-date=2013-05-28}}</ref><br />
Devendra Lal was President of the [[International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics]] (IUGG) from 1983 to 1987. He was also elected Fellow of the [[Royal Society]] in 1979.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Goswami|first=J. N.|last2=Macdougall|first2=J. D.|date=2021|title=Devendra Lal. 14 February 1929—1 December 2012|url=https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbm.2020.0047|journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society|volume=70}}</ref><br />
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==External links==<br />
*https://archive.today/20130628192705/http://paleowave.blogspot.com/2012/12/in-memoriam-devendra-lal-1929-2012.html<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9FURJ56Yeg Devendra Lal Memorial Symposium, Part 1]<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPN67JBsP8Y Devendra Lal Memorial Symposium, Part 2]<br />
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