Philip Christopher England FRS (born 30 April 1951) is a British geophysicist and former Chair of Geology at the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, whose research centres upon the evolution, deformation and metamorphism of mountain ranges and the development of island arcs.
He has widely used applied mathematics to model mountain building, proving that they behave as extremely viscous fluids.
[1] He studied physics at the University of Bristol, graduating with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in 1972.
[1][2] He then moved to the University of Oxford to undertake research in geophysics, receiving his Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) degree in 1976.
[1] England began his academic career in the Department of Geodesy and Geophysics, University of Cambridge: first as a NERC research fellow (1977–1979), then as an IBM research fellow (1979–1981).