Researching Martin Brasier
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 350 people with the Brasier surname? In that year Brasier was ranked number 3229 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Martin means "Warlike" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Martin Brasier on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Martin Brasier and the Brasier Genealogy
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 381 people with the Brasier surname in the UK? Brasier is now ranked number 3682 for popularity in the UK. |
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Martin Brasier
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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