| Authorised form of name | Green; David Headley; geologist and experimental petrologist |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Place of birth | Launceston, Tasmania, Australia |
| Date of birth | 29 February 1936 |
| Place of death | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia |
| Date of death | 6 September 2024 |
| Occupation | Geologist and experimental petrologist |
| Research field | Earth sciences |
| Geochemistry |
| Petrology |
| Geology |
| Activity | Education:
Burnie High School; Hobart High School; University of Tasmania BSc; Cambridge University PhD
Career:
Geologist, Bureau of Mineral Resouces, Geology and Geophysics (1957-1959); Research Fellow (1962-1965); Fellow (1965-1968), Senior Fellow (1968-1974), Professorial Fellow (1974-1976), Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University; Visiting Professor, California Institute of Technology (1975); Professor of Geology (1977-1993), University of Tasmania; Chief Scientific Advisor, Department of Environment, Sport and Territories (1991-1993); Director, Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University (1994-2001); retired and returned to Tasmania (2001); remained actively involved in research for another two decades in his Honorary capacity at both UTAS and ANU.
Memberships:
Geological Society of Australia (President 1990-1992)
Australian Academy of Sciences
Geological Society of America (Honorary Fellow 1986)
Awards/Medals:
Royal Society of Tasmania Medal
Abraham Gottlieb Werner Medal
Jaeger Medal
Murchison Medal
IMA Medal
RM Johnston Memorial Medal |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 14/03/1991 |
| Age at election | 55 |
| Relationships | Parents: Ronald H Green and Josephine M Headley
Siblings: Trevor Green.
Spouse: Helen Mary (m.1959) (d. May 2024)
Children: Three sons and three daughters; Kathryn, Ronald, Elizabeth, Paul, Jeanette and Ian. |
| OtherInfo | Made major contributions to the petrogenesis of basaltic and related rocks and to the chemistry and mineralogy of their source regions in the upper mantle. In 1964, David first applied electron-microprobe analytical techniques to determine the compositions of crystals and liquids in complex ‘natural’ basaltic systems formed under controlled high-pressure and high-temperature laboratory conditions. This development marked a watershed in petrology and has been followed by many other laboratories throughout the world. David later extended this work to provide a comprehensive understanding of the origins of the entire family of basaltic magmas in terms of partial melting processes in the mantle and of the remarkable influence of water and carbon dioxide on these melting processes.
David also demonstrated how these techniques can be used to solve important problems connected with the petrogenesis of metamorphic and ultramafic rocks. He successfully combined the fields of natural and experimental petrology.
Authored over 220 publications [URL: https://earthsciences.anu.edu.au/files/DavidGreenPublicationList.pdf; last accessed: 19/02/2025] |
| Source | Sources:
WWA1998
The Royal Society Fellows Directory, Professor David Green AM FRS, [URL: https://royalsociety.org/people/david-green-11533/; last accessed: 19/02/2025]
The Royal Society of Tasmania, Vale Professor David Headley Green AM FAA FRS, 1936-2024, 2 October 2024, Jocelyn McPhie, [URL: https://rst.org.au/vale-professor-david-headley-green-am-faa-frs-1936-2024/; last accessed: 19/02/2025]
Australian National University, Obituary - Professor David Green, [URL: https://earthsciences.anu.edu.au/news-events/news/vale-professor-david-green/obituary-professor-david-green; last accessed: 19/02/2025] |
| Code | NA4153 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/001762 | Green, David Headley | 1991 |
| EC/1991/11 | Green, David Headley: certificate of election to the Royal Society | 1988 |