| Authorised form of name | Mawson; Sir; Douglas (1882 - 1958) |
| Dates | 1882 - 1958 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Bradford, Yorkshire, England |
| Date of birth | 05 May 1882 |
| Place of death | Adelaide, Australia |
| Date of death | 14 or 15 October 1958 |
| Research field | Geology |
| Antarctic exploration |
| Activity | Education:
BSc and BE (Sydney); DSc (Adelaide)
Career:
Migrated to Sydney, Australia, as a child; worked on geological survey of the New Hebrides; Lecturer in mineralogy and petrology, Adelaide University; accompanied Shackleton to the Antarctic (1907); made another Antarctic expedition (1911-1914); Professor of Geology, Adelaide University
Honours:
Kt 1914; OBE 1920
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 03/05/1923 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB; AE
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1959 vol 5 pp 119-127, plate, by A R Alderman and C E Tilley
References:
G E Fogg, 'The Royal Society and the Antarctic' in NR 2000 vol 54 pp 85-98
Notes:
DSB gives death date as 14 October 1958 |
| Code | NA6498 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/003033 | Mawson, Sir Douglas | 1947 |
| EC/1923/11 | Mawson, Sir Douglas: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| NLB/64/902 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Douglas Mawson, FRS. | 7 July 1923 |
| NLB/54/157 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Captain Sir Douglas Mawson, FRS; North Western Hotel, Liverpool | 21 February 1917 |
| NLB/70/149 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Douglas Mawson, OBE, FRS | 12 January 1927 |
| CD/99/9 | Letter from Douglas Mawson, Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911, 9 Regent Street, London, to Sir William Crookes | 18 July 1914 |
| CD/99/2 | Prospectus, 'The Australasian Antarctic Expedition', by [Douglas Mawson] | 1911 [?] |
| CD/99/3 | Map of the South Polar regions, by Douglas Mawson | 10 April 1911 |
| CD/99/10 | Summary of scientific operations [of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911], by [Douglas Mawson] | [18 July 1914] |
| CD/99/11 | Letter from Douglas Mawson, Royal Societies Club, St. James's Street, to Sir Arthur Schuster | 23 June 1916 |
| CD/99/14 | Letter from Douglas Mawson, Royal Societies Club, St. James's Street, to Arthur Schuster | 12 July 1916 |
| CD/99/1 | Letter from Douglas Mawson, Australian Antarctic Expedition 1911, Crown Chambers, 9 Regent Street, London, to Sir Archibald Geikie, President, the Royal Society, London | 29 April 1911 |