Mike will be remembered as an internationally renowned hydrogeochemist and a leading contributor to the IHP.

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The 2, 340km network will be even further extended by already-established trails, such as the renowned 71km Queen Charlotte Track that meanders through the Marlborough Sounds at the top of the South Island.

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In addition works from internationally renowned scientists such as Euclid, Descartes, Galileo and Newton will be shown, as well as a 17th century microscope and telescope that would have been used to make these important scientific discoveries.

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While the loss to Birmingham was hardly the performance of a team in crisis, and the Blues are now through to the last 16 of the Champions League, this indifferent sequence would have been worrying for manager Carlo Ancelotti, underlying as it did the lack of strength in depth in a squad that used to be renowned for it.

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Another luminary to be awarded the honour, Toni Morrison, is renowned for her portrayal of the African-American experience in novels such as Song Of Solomon, and Beloved, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1988.

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