Deputy Curator, Blandford Museum
Dr Le Bas took early retirement after teaching geology, volcanology and mineralogy, for nearly 40 years
at Cambridge, Leicester and The Open University, and now has honorary status at Leicester and
Southampton Universities and The Natural History Museum, London. He continues to research
carbonate volcanism of Africa and Asia. He has been a Fellow of The Geological Society, London,
since 1957 (Vice-President 1987-8), and has lectured world-wide. Retirement brought him to
Blandford and the Museum where he developed interests in the local history, archaeology and
architecture. He gives talks on these subjects and is currently re-writing with Ben Cox, the former
Curator of the Museum, his unpublished book ‘The History of the Ancient Borough of Blandford’ into
which will be incorporated the unpublished second edition of ‘One Hundred Blandford Worthies’, with
publication aimed for 2007. He spends much time looking after the collections and building exhibits.
Research Interests and Publications
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