Mawson, Douglas - Bright Sparcs Biographical entry

Bright Sparcs
Biographical entry

Home | Browse | Search | Previous | Next

Mawson, Douglas (1882 - 1958)

FAA, FRS

Online Sources

Archival/Heritage Sources

Published Sources

Geologist and Explorer

Born: 5 May 1882 Shipley, Yorkshire, England. Died: 14 October 1958 Brighton, South Australia, Australia.

(Sir) Douglas Mawson was leader of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-14 and the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition 1929-31. He was Lecturer in Geology, University of Adelaide 1905-20 and Professor of Geology and Mineralogy 1921-52.

Career Highlights

Kt cr 1914, OBE. Antarctic medal, Royal Geographical Society 1909, Founder's medal, Royal Geographical Society 1915, King's Polar medal (two bars), Gold medal, American Geographical Society, Gold medal, Chicago Geographical Society, Gold medal, Paris Geographical Society, Bigsby Medal, Geological Society of London 1919, Fellow, Royal Society 1923, Nachtigal gold medal, Gessellschaft für Erdkunde 1928, Mueller medal, ANZAAS 1930, Sir Joseph Verco medal, Royal Society of South Australia 1931, Founder's medal, Royal Geographical Society of Australia (Queensland) 1931, Foundation Fellow, Australian Academy of Science 1954. Commemorated by Mawson base, Antarctica, Mawson Laboratories, University of Adelaide and Mawson Lecture, Australian Academy of Science.

Chronology
1901 Bachelor of Engineering (BE) completed at the University of Sydney
1903 Expedition to the New Hebrides
1904 Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Sydney
1905 - 1920 Lecturer in Mineralogy and Petrology at the University of Adelaide
1907 - 1909 Shackleton's expedition to Antarctica
1909 Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of Adelaide
1911 - 1914 Commander of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition
1916 - 1919 War service in Europe
1920 President of the Geography Section, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS)
1920 - 1952 Professor of Geology at the University of Adelaide
1923 - 1924 President of the Royal Society of South Australia
1926 President of the Geology Section of ANZAAS
1929 - 1931 Commander of the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE)
1932 - 1937 President of of ANZAAS
1952 Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of Sydney

Online Sources

Published Sources

'Mawson, Douglas - Ms 30', in Listing of Adolph Basser Library holdings, Australian Academy of Science, 1994, http://www.science.org.au/academy/basser/lists/ms030.txt. [ Details ]

Flannery, Nancy, 'Beyond the Balaclava', in Ockham's Razor, Radio National, 2003, http://www.abc.net.au/rn/science/ockham/stories/s1013305.htm. [ Details ]

See Also

Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Federation and Meteorology, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/fam/scripts/fam-dynindex.php3?EID=P000631. [ Details ]
Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Science and the making of Victoria, with Royal Society of Victoria, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/smv/scripts/smv-dynindex.php3?EID=P000631. [ Details ]

Structure based on ISAAR(CPF) - click here for an explanation of the fields.

Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 1 August 2006

Published by The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre on ASAPWeb, 1994 - 2007
Originally published 1994-1999 by Australian Science Archives Project, 1999-2006 by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
Disclaimer, Copyright and Privacy Policy
Submit any comments, questions, corrections and additions
Prepared by: Acknowledgements
Updated: 26 February 2007
http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/biogs/P000631b.htm

[ Foundation Supporter - Committee to Review Australian Studies in Tertiary Education ] [ Top of page | Bright Sparcs Home | Browse | Search ]