Person

Cotton, Leo Arthur (1883 - 1963)

Born
11 November 1883
Nymagee, New South Wales, Australia
Died
12 July 1963
New Port, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Geologist, University Administrator and Geographer

Summary

Leo Cotton was appointed Professor of Geology and Physical Geography at the University of Sydney 1925-1948 after being associated with the department from 1908. His main research interests reflected his mathematical expertise: polar wanderings, isostasy, diastrophism, and the strength of the earth's crust.

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Chronology

1902 - 1906
Career position - Draftsman, New South Wales Department of Lands
1906
Education - BA, University of Sydney
1907 - 1908
Career position - Geologist on board Nimrod, British Antarctic Expedition
1908
Education - BSc, University of Sydney
1909 - 1911
Career position - Linnean Macleay Fellow (Geology), University of Sydney
1911 - 1920
Career position - Demonstrator in Geology, University of Sydney
1916
Education - MA, University of Sydney
1920
Education - DSc, University of Sydney
1920 - 1925
Career position - Assistant Professor in Geology, University of Sydney
1925 - 1948
Career position - Professor of Geology and Physical Geography, University of Sydney
1928
Career position - President, Section C (Geology and Geography), Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science
1929 - 1930
Career position - President, Royal Society of New South Wales
1944 - 1946
Career position - Dean, Faculty of Science, University of Sydney
1946
Award - Clarke Memorial Lecturer, Royal Society of New South Wales

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Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

  • Leo Arthur Cotton - Records, 1907 - 1920, MS 142; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

University of Sydney, Archives

  • Leo Arthur Cotton - Records, 1908 - 1964, P 45; University of Sydney, Archives. Details

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

Book Sections

  • Nairn, Bede, 'Cotton, Francis (1857 - 1942), journalist and politician, Leo Arthur (1883 - 1963), professor of geology, and Frank Stanley (1890 - 1955) professor of physiology' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds, vol. 8 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1981), pp. 119-120. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080684b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

  • Blackburn, G., 'Arthur Cotton and Irrigation in Tasmania 1839-1843', Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 119 (1985), 1-5. Details
  • Browne, W. R., 'Obituary - Professor L. A. Cotton', Australian Journal of Science, 26 (3) (1963), 81-82. Details
  • Cotton, Leo A., 'Obituary: Carl Adolf Sussmilch', Australian Journal of Science, 9 (6) (1947), 213. Details
  • Cotton, Leo A., 'Obituary: Ernest Clayton Andrews', Australian Journal of Science, 11 (2) (1948), 48-49. Details

Resources

Resource Sections

McCarthy, G.J. and Helen Cohn

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