Person
Hills, Edwin Sherbon (1906 - 1986)
FAA FRS
- Born
- 31 August 1906
Carlton, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 2 May 1986
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Geologist and University Administrator
Summary
Edwin Hills was Lecturer in Geology 1932-1944, Professor of Geology and Mineralogy 1944-1962, Research Professor and Deputy Vice-Chancellor 1962-1971, at the University of Melbourne. His interests were wide ranging and included fossil fishes, physiography, mineralogy and petrology, structure, tectonics and morphotectonics, and economic geology.
Details
Chronology
- 1928
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Melbourne
- 1929
- Education - Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Melbourne
- 1929
- Career position - Demonstrator in Geology at the University of Melbourne
- 1931
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London
- 1932 - 1938
- Career position - Lecturer in Geology at the University of Melbourne
- 1938
- Education - Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of Melbourne
- 1938 - 1942
- Career position - Acting Senior Lecturer (to 1940) then Senior Lecturer in Geology at the University of Melbourne
- 1940
- Award - David Syme Research Prize, University of Melbourne
- 1942
- Award - Wollaston Fund Award received from the Geological Society of London
- 1942 - 1943
- Career position - Associate Professor of Geology at the University of Melbourne
- 1943 - 1944
- Career position - Geologist at the North Australia Observer Unit, Directorate of Army Research
- 1944 - 1971
- Career position - Professor of Geology and Mineralogy at the University of Melbourne
- 1947
- Career position - President of Section P (Geography) of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science
- 1947 - 1948
- Career position - Dean of Science at the University of Melbourne
- 1947 - 1956
- Career position - Chairman of Editorial Committee of the Royal Society of Victoria
- 1951
- Award - Bigsby Medal received from the Geological Society of London
- 1952 - 1955
- Career position - Chairman of the Interim Council and then Foundation President of the Geological Society of Australia
- 1954 -
- Award - Foundation Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
- 1954 -
- Award - Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)
- 1955 - 1956
- Career position - President of the Royal Society of Victoria
- 1959 - 1962
- Career position - Chairman of the Professorial Board and Pro-Vice-Chancellor
- 1959 - 1968
- Career position - Chairman of the Australian Academy of Science National Committee on Hydrology
- 1962 - 1968
- Career position - Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Museum of Victoria
- 1962 - 1971
- Career position - Deputy Vice-Chancellor
- 1964 - 1971
- Career position - Research Professor of Geology
- 1967
- Award - Honorary Fellow of the Geological Society of London
- 1968
- Award - Lomonosov Medal received from the University of Moscow
- 1970 - 1978
- Career position - Chairman of the Australian Academy of Science National Committee for Quaternary Research
- 1971
- Award - Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
- 1972 -
- Career position - Professor Emeritus
- 1977 - 1978
- Career position - Chairman of the Commission on the Teaching of Geology, International Union of Geological Sciences
- 1979
- Award - W.R. Browne Award, Geological Society of Australia
- 1985
- Career position - Member of the Royal Society of Sciences of Uppsala
Related entries
Archival resources
Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science
- Edwin Sherbon Hills - Records, 1950 - 1987, MS 092; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details
- Geological Society of Australia - Records, 1952 - 2000, MS 085; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details
National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection
- Edwin Sherbon Hills - Records, 1844 - 1988, MS 8564; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details
National Library of Australia Oral History Collection
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- Australasian Science, A Bright Sparcs Exhibition, Australian Science Archives Project, 1997, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/journal/journal.htm. Details
- Smith, Ailie, Adolph Basser Library Manuscript Collection, eScholarship Research Centre, 2012, http://www.eoas.info/basser_browse.html. Details
Articles
- Sherratt, Tim, 'A Model Scientist? Edwin Hills', Australasian Science, Autumn (1993), http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/journal/as_hills.htm. Details
Books
- Sherratt, Tim; McCarthy, Gavan, A Guide to the Records of Edwin Sherbon Hills (Melbourne: Australian Science Archives Project, 1992), 150 pp. Details
Book Sections
- Archbold, N.W., 'Hills, Edwin Sherborn (1906-1986), Geologist' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 17 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2007), pp. 533-534. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hills-edwin-sherbon-12638. Details
- Turner, S.; and Long, J.A, 'Professor Edwin Sherbon Hills: His Palaeontological Works' in A Small Collection of Informal Essays Prepared by Friends and Colleagues and Intended for Presentation to Prof. E.S. Hills on What Would have been his Eightieth Anniversary of his Birthday 31 August, 1986, Twidale, R., ed. (1986), pp. 1-14. Details
- Turner, S.; and Long, J.A, 'Professor Edwin Sherbon Hills: His Palaeontological Works' in Pathways in Geology : Essays in Honour of Edwin Sherbon Hill, Le Maitre, R.W., ed. (Melbourne: Memorial Volume Committee/Blackwoods, 1989), pp. 41-51. Details
Journal Articles
- Hill, Dorothy, 'Edwin Sherbon Hills, 1906-1986', Historical Records of Australian Science, 7 (1) (1987), 79-95. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9870710079. Details
- Hills, E. S., 'Ernest Willington Skeats', Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 66 (1-2) (1955), 164-65. Details
- Hills, E. S., 'Royal Society of Victoria - Approaching Centenary', The Australian Journal of Science, 19 (4) (1957), 144-145. Details
- Hills, E. S., 'William Noel Benson', Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of The Royal Society, 4 (1958), 27-33. Details
- Hills, E. S., 'Frank Leslie Stillwell', Records of the Australian Academy of Science, 1 (1) (1966), 58-66. http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9660110058.htm. Details
- Hills, E. S., 'David Evan Thomas (1902-1978)', Historical Records of Australian Science, 5 (2) (1981), 90-96. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9810520090. Details
- Joyce, E. B., 'Professor E. S. Hills' Great Relief Model of Australia', Newsletter (Earth Sciences History Group), 36 (2006), 23-25. Details
Newspaper Articles
- Higgins, H.; and Hewertson, W., 'William Edwin Hills, Wood Scientist, 9-2-1921 - 3-2-2008', The Age (2008). Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5346813. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/69692224. Details
- Guide to the Records of Edwin Sherbon Hills, Australian Science Archives Project, 1993, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/pubs/guides/hills/. Details
- 'Hills, E Sherbon (1906-1986)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-635589. Details
- Sherratt, Tim; McCarthy, Gavan, Edwin Sherbon Hills Guide to Records, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 2004, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/hill/hills.htm. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Hills, Edwin Sherbon - Ms 92', in Listing of Adolph Basser Library holdings, Australian Academy of Science, 1994, http://www.science.org.au/basser/manuscript-collection/ms092.html. Details
- 'Primary description of person CP 175; Edwin Sherbon Hills', in RecordSearch, National Archives of Australia, 2000, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?Number=CP%20175. Details
- Hills, E. S., 'Royal Society of Victoria - Approaching Centenary', in Science and the making of Victoria, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/smv/059.html. Details
- Hills, E. S., 'Frank Leslie Stillwell 1888-1963', in Australian Academy of Science Biographical Memoirs, Australian Academy of Science, 2006, https://www.science.org.au/fellowship/fellows/biographical-memoirs/frank-leslie-stillwell-1888-1963. Details
- Sherratt, Tim; et al, 'Career Outline', in Guide to the Records of Edwin Sherbon Hills, Australian Science Archives Project, Melbourne, 1993, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/hill/HIP0001.htm. Details
- Vallance, T. G.: with contributions by E. S. Hills, 'William Rowan Browne 1884-1975', in Australian Academy of Science Biographical Memoirs, Australian Academy of Science, 2006, https://www.science.org.au/fellowship/fellows/biographical-memoirs/william-rowan-browne-1884-1975. Details
See also
- Science and the making of Victoria, with Royal Society of Victoria, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/smv/index_h.html. Details
- Hyde, B. G.; and Day, P, 'John Stuart Anderson', Historical Records of Australian Science, 9 (2) (1992), 127-49. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9920920127. Details
Digital resources
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 1 December 2022
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