马杏垣教授是国内外著名的地质学家。 1938年在西南联大地学系开始学习和从事地质工作,1948年在英国爱丁堡大学获博士学位。1948年回国后,长期从事地质教育工作,先后在北京大学、北京地质学院、武汉地质学院任教和担任领导工作,三十余年的精心教学,他培育了几代地质人才,可谓桃李满天下。 Professor Ma Xingyuan is a famous geologist at home and abroad. In 1938 in the Southwest Associated University Department of Earth began to learn and engage in geological work, in 1948 at the University of Edinburgh received a doctorate. After returning to China in 1948, he has been engaged in geo-education for a long time. He taught and worked as a leader in Peking University, Beijing Geological College and Wuhan Geology College. After thirty years of elaborate teaching, he trained several generations of geological talents.