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Douglas Mawson
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Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)
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Sir Douglas Mawson (1882–1958) was an explorer, geologist, film director, and botanical collector. Born in Shipley, he held citizenship in the United Kingdom, Australia, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Educated at the University of Sydney under doctoral advisor Edgeworth David, he earned a Bachelor of Science and a Doctor of Sciences. Mawson served as a professor at the University of Adelaide and was a member of the Royal Society and the Australian Academy of Science.
He participated in the British Antarctic Expedition (1907–1909) and the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911–1914). His notable works include *The Antarctic* and *Home of the Blizzard; Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911–1914*. Mawson received the Fellow of the Royal Society, Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Bigsby Medal, and Clarke Medal. He died in Brighton.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1882
- Died
- 1958
- Works
- 23
Top works
- The Antarctic
- Home of the Blizzard, Being the Story of the Australian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914
- The Home of the Blizzard; Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Volume; Volume 2
- Home of the Blizzard; Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Volume; Volume 1
- The Home of the Blizzard; Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Volume; Volume 1
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 34
- Total plays
- 57
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Fitting Linear Mixed-Effects Models Using
<b>lme4</b>
· 2015 · cited 75,873x
- Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement
· 2009 · cited 58,724x
- Hallmarks of Cancer: The Next Generation
· 2011 · cited 56,523x
- Measuring inconsistency in meta-analyses
· 2003 · cited 52,658x
- Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement
· 2009 · cited 23,419x
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Quotes
- “If we ignore the facts contained in one part of the world, surely we are hampering scientific advance.”
- “We had found an accursed country. On the fringe of an unspanned continent along whose gelid coast our comrades had made their home—we knew not where—we dwelt where the chill breath of a vast, Polar wilderness, quickening to the rushing might of eternal blizzards, surged to the northern seas.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1882-05-05 ) 5 May 1882, Shipley , West Riding of Yorkshire , England
- Died
- 14 October 1958 (1958-10-14) (aged 76), Brighton, South Australia , Australia
- Education
- Fort Street Model School , University of Sydney ( B.E. , 1902; B.Sc. 1905), University of Adelaide ( D.Sc. , 1909)
- Occupations
- Geologist, Antarctic explorer , academic
- Known for
- First ascent of Mount Erebus First team to reach the South magnetic pole Sole survivor of Far Eastern Party Australasian Antarctic Expedition Mawson's Huts Mawson Plateau
- Spouse s
- Francisca Paquita Delprat (1891–1974), married 1914
- Children
- Patricia Jessica
- Awards
- Fellow of the Royal Society Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science Bigsby Medal (1919) Mueller Medal (1930) Clarke Medal (1936) Polar Medal (1909, 1934)
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Encyclopedic overview
Sir Douglas Mawson (5 May 1882 – 14 October 1958) was an Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer, and academic. He is known for being a key expedition leader during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, along with Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott, and Sir Ernest Shackleton (with whom he undertook the Nimrod Expedition in 1907–1909). However most of his geological work was undertaken in South Australia, in particular the Precambrian rocks of the Flinders Ranges.
Mawson was born in England and was brought to Australia as an infant. He completed degrees in mining engineering and geology at the University of Sydney, after which he was appointed lecturer in petrology and mineralogy at the University of Adelaide in 1906. From 1903 onwards he undertook significant geological exploration, including an expedition to the New Hebrides (now Vanuatu) in 1903, and later in the Flinders Ranges and far north-east of South Australia and over the border near Broken Hill in New South Wales. He was interested in the commercial applications of geology, in particular the radioactive minerals being used in medical applications in the early 1900s. He identified and first described the mineral davidite in 1906, and later became an expert in the geochemistry of igneous and metamorphic rocks. Much of his later work was focused on the Precambrian rocks Adelaide Superbasin (which included the Flinders and Barrier Ranges), where there are significant fossil beds showing the beginnings of animal life on Earth.
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