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W. R. Browne Medal
The W. R. Browne Medal is awarded by the Geological Society of Australia "to a person distinguished for contributions to the geological sciences in Australia." The medal is named after William Rowan Browne. Recipients * 1979: Edwin Sherbon Hills * 1981: Dorothy Hill * 1981: Norman Henry Fisher * 1984: Haddon King. * 1986: Germaine Joplin * 1988: Basil Balme * 1992: David Brown * 1994: Allan White * 1996: John R. De Laeter * 1998: Cecil George Murray * 2000: Alfons VandenBerg * 2002: Brenda Franklin * 2004: Ian Withnall * 2006: Ken Campbell Kenneth Victor Campbell (10 December 1941 – 31 August 2008) was an English actor, writer and director known for his work in experimental theatre. He has been called "a one-man dynamo of British theatre". Campbell achieved notoriety in the 1 ... * 2008: Jim Ross * 2010: Anthony Cockbain * 2012: John Foden * 2014: Gavin Young * 2016: Bryan Smith References {{reflist Australian science and technology awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geological Society Of Australia
The Geological Society of Australia (GSA) was established as a non-profit organisation in 1952 to promote, advance and support earth sciences in Australia. The founding Chairperson was Edwin Sherbon Hills. William Rowan Browne was a founder of the society and was president 1955–56. at Australian Dictionary of Biography Publications *'' (AJES)'' – official journal of the GSA, eight issues per year *'' The Australian Geologist (TAG)'' – quarterly magaz ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Rowan Browne
William Rowan Browne FAA (11 December 1884 – 1 September 1975) was an Australian geologist, author of ''The Geology of the Commonwealth of Australia''. Early life Browne was born in Lislea, County Londonderry, Ireland; both parents were school teachers. He was educated at Coleraine Academical Institution and entered Trinity College, Dublin in 1903, but soon had to withdraw due to tuberculosis. On advice he took a long sea voyage and travelled to Australia in 1904. Career Browne tutored before enrolling at the University of Sydney. He earned a D.Sc. with university medal in 1922 for his work in igneous and metamorphic petrology. In 1923 he was promoted to assistant professor. Browne completed ''The Geology of the Commonwealth of Australia'', started by Professor Edgeworth David. David informed Browne of this in March 1934; David died 28 August 1934. The New South Wales government commissioned Browne to publish the work. David's manuscript was only a bundle of rough notes; som ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Hill
Dorothy Hill, (10 September 1907 – 23 April 1997) was an Australian geologist and palaeontologist, the first female professor at an Australian university, and the first female president of the Australian Academy of Science. Education Dorothy Hill was born in Taringa, the third of seven children, and grew up in Coorparoo in Brisbane. She attended Coorparoo State School, and then won a scholarship to attend Brisbane Girls Grammar School. She received the Lady Lilley Gold Medal, and the Phyllis Hobbs Memorial Prize in English and History, in 1924. Hill was an enthusiastic sportswoman, who pursued athletics and netball at high school, and was an accomplished horsewoman at home. At the University of Queensland, she participated in hurdles, running, hockey and rowing. She played on the University of Queensland, Queensland state and Australian universities hockey teams. While at Cambridge University, she took a pilot's licence. Following high school, she considered studying medici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haddon King
Haddon Rymer Forrester King (4 February 1905 – 1990), was an Australian geologist, winner of the Clarke Medal in 1972. King was born in Georgetown, British Guiana, son of George Forrester King and his wife Jessie Ann, née Kingsland. In 1926 he started as a surveyor’s assistant on the Geological Survey of British Guiana under the supervision of H. J. C. (Terence) Conolly. King obtained his surveyor’s licence in 1929 and then moved to Canada where he studied mining engineering at the University of Toronto (B.A.Sc., 1934). King gained experience in mineral exploration working with Conolly in the Timmins and Sudbury Basin regions. King was invited to join the newly formed Western Mining Corporation in Western Australia in 1934 `to apply the latest ideas in geology, geophysics, geochemistry and aerial photography to the scientific search for new mineral deposits’, collaborating with U.S. consultants. King became senior geologist in 1936. In 1953, King became chief geologist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germaine Joplin
Germaine Anne Joplin (26 February 1903 – 18 July 1989) was an Australian geologist and winner of the Clarke Medal in 1963. Early life Joplin, born in Strathfield, New South Wales in 1903, was educated at Presbyterian Ladies' College in Croydon, Sydney. She initially trained as a nurse on leaving school, but at age 23 commenced studies at the University of Sydney, graduating with a B.Sc. and First Class Honours, the University Medal in Geology, the Science Research Scholarship, the Deas-Thomson Scholarship for Mineralogy and Professor Cotton's Prize in 1930. Joplin then pursued study in England, earning a Junior Fellowship of the World Federation of University Women to study petrology at Newnham College, University of Cambridge with Cecil Edgar Tilley. A number of Australian women were studying with her at Newnham College during the 1930s, including Dorothy Hill and Betty Ripper. Joplin attained her Ph.D. in 1936. Career After returning from England, Joplin took up an as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Campbell (palaeontologist)
Kenton Stewart Wall Campbell (9 September 1927 – 17 June 2017), known as Ken Campbell, was an Australian palaeontologist and academic. Campbell was born in Ipswich, Queensland. He was the son of two store clerks who moved their family to Boonah during the Great Depression. He attended primary school in Ipswich, Boonah and Coorparoo. After winning a scholarship to attend Brisbane Grammar School in 1940, Campbell went on to university. In 1945, Campbell entered his second year of his study, attending lectures given by Dr Dorothy Hill, who had returned from World War II service in the WRANS. Her academic rigour inspired him. He took his B.Sc. with Honours from the University of Queensland in 1949 on her advice, followed by his M.Sc. in 1951 and PhD in 1958. His research was in Permian brachiopods of the Bowen and adjacent basins. Career Campbell was assistant geologist with the Queensland Geological Survey from 1950 to 1951, assisting in the creation of a 40-mile geologic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
