Leonard Frank Spath

Leonard Frank Spath
Leonard Frank Spath
Born	20 October 1882
Died	2 March 1957 (aged 75)
Alma mater	Birkbeck College
Awards	FRS (1940); Lyell Medal (1945);
	Scientific career
Fields	Geology
Institutions	British Museum; University of London;

Leonard Frank Spath FRS (20 October 1882 – 2 March 1957) was a British geologist specialising in malacology and ammonitology.

Spath Creek on Ellesmere Island is named after him, and indirectly the Spathian substage of the Early Triassic epoch.

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