Person Mawson; Sir; Douglas (1882 - 1958) Mawson Douglas Sir 1882 - 1958 British Male Bradford, Yorkshire, England 05 May 1882 Adelaide, Australia 14 or 15 October 1958

Geology Antarctic exploration 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 Fellow 03/05/1923 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 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 5 May 1882 - 14 or 15 Oct 1958 NA6498 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes d45b0020-4fb1-49b2-8f72-e9c6204a0611