David Drewry

David John Drewry (born 22 September 1947, in Grimsby)[1][2] is a glaciologist and geophysicist who was described in the conferring of an honorary degree by Anglia Ruskin University in 1998 as having an "outstanding reputation as an eminent scientist of international repute".

[4] He then studied at Queen Mary College in east London, graduating with a BSc in Geography in 1969.

[5][6] He then studied in Cambridge, residing at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and completed a PhD on Glaciology and Geophysics in 1974 with thesis titled Sub-ice relief and geology of East Antarctica.

[9] On 1 September 2009, he was succeeded by Calie Pistorius, formerly the vice-chancellor of the University of Pretoria.

Drewry is "married to Gillian Elizabeth and lives in East Yorkshire and London".