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Süssmilch, Adolph Carl von de Heyde (1875 - 1946)

Geologist and Educator

Born: 12 February 1875 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Died: 6 December 1946 Burwood, New South Wales.

Adolph Carl vdH. Süssmilch was principal of the Newcastle branch Technical College from 1914-27 and assistant superintendent and principal of East Sydney Technical College from 1927-34. He published 19 scientific papers on geology and physical geography between 1905 and 1941, inclcuding some with H.I. Jensen, T.G. Taylor and Sir Edgeworth David (qq.v).

Career Highlights

Chronology
1899 Joined the Department of Public Instruction
1900 - 1903 Assistant at the Sydney Technical College
1903 - 1913 Teacher of Geology, Mineralogy and Mining at the Sydney Technical College
1914 - 1927 Principal of the Newcastle branch Technical College
1922 President of the Royal Society of New South Wales
1927 - 1934 Assistant Superintendent and Principal at the East Sydney Technical College
1931 - 1943 Chairman of Directors of the New South Wales Society for Crippled Children
1934 - 1936 Acting Superintendent of Technical Education
1935 Chairman of Section C (geology) of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science
1936 - 1937 President of the Linnean Society of New South Wales
1939 W.B. Clarke Medal received from the Royal Society of New South Wales
1941 Clarke Memorial Lecturer presented to the Royal Society of New South Wales

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Prepared by: Rosanne Walker
Created: 30 June 1997
Modified: 7 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
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