Martin Brasier

Martin David Brasier
Martin David Brasier
Born	12 April 1947; Wimbledon, London, England
Died	16 December 2014 (aged 67); Burford, Oxfordshire, England
Alma mater	University of London; University of Oxford
	Scientific career
Fields	Palaeontology; Evolutionary biology; Micropaleontology; Astrobiology;
Institutions	British Geological Survey; University of Reading; University of Hull; Memorial University of Newfoundland; University of Oxford;

Martin David Brasier FGS, FLS (12 April 1947 – 16 December 2014) was an English palaeobiologist and astrobiologist known for his conceptual analysis of microfossils and evolution in the Precambrian and Cambrian.

He was Professor of Palaeobiology at the University of Oxford and Emeritus Fellow of St Edmund Hall. His research critically examined the context and character of the early fossil record, making use of field mapping, logging, optical petrography, stable isotope geochemistry, confocal microscopy, NanoSims microprobes, and lasers for high resolution 3D scanning and laser Raman spectroscopy.

Brasier died in a car accident near Burford, Oxfordshire, UK, on 16 December 2014.

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