Denys Barker Smith was bom on 9th April 1929 in Wybun- bury, Cheshire, the son of James Ramsay Smith, the local village headmaster, and Ida Mary Smith, also a teacher. He attended his father's school from 1934–1940, and from 1940–1947 was a pupil at Nantwich and Acton Grammar School, Cheshire. There he excelled in geography and geology, inspired by his teacher, Mr Gowdridge, who encouraged his interest in maps, landscape and topography. These interests led Denys to study geology at the University of Birmingham, from where he graduated with First Class Honours in 1950. University was followed by National Service...
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