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Whitehouse, Frederick William (1900 - 1973)

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Geologist
Born: 20 December 1900  Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.  Died: 22 March 1973  Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Frederick William Whitehouse was Associate Professor of Geology, University of Queensland 1949-55.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1922Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Queensland
1924Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Queensland
1925Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of Cambridge, UK
1925 - 1955Worked intermittently as Queensland Government Geologist
1926 - 1955Worked intermittently as Lecturer in Geology at the University of Queensland
1929President of the Queensland Naturalists' Club and Nature-Lovers' League
1939Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of Queensland
1940 - 1941President of the Royal Society of Queensland
1941Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force
1942 - 1943Served with the Royal Australian Engineers, using his geological knowledge for road-building in Queensland and New Guinea
1944 - 1945Served in the Royal Australian Engineers, formulating procedures for amphibious assaults across coral reefs
1945Demobilised
1946 - 1947Seconded to the Department of the Coordinator-General of Public Works
1949 - 1955Associate Professor of Geology at the University of Queensland
1972 - 1973President of the Anthropological Society of Queensland

 

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