Person
Raggatt, Harold George (1900 - 1968)
CBE FAA
- Born
- 25 January 1900
North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 2 November 1968
Hughes, Australian Capital Territory, Australia - Occupation
- Geologist
Summary
Harold Raggatt joined the Geological Survey of New South Wales in 1922 and in 1940 was appointed Commonwealth Geologist. From 1942-1951 he was foundation Director of the Bureau of Mineral Resources and until 1965 Secretary to the Department of National Development. He was educated at the University of Sydney (BSc, MSc, DSc) and knighted in 1963.
Details
Chronology
- 1922 - 1939
- Career position - Geologist with the Geological Survey of New South Wales
- 1939
- Career position - Assistant to the Commonwealth Geological Adviser
- 1940 - 1942
- Career position - Commonwealth Geological Adviser
- 1942 - 1951
- Career position - Director of the Commonwealth Mineral Resources Survey (later Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics)
- 1951 - 1956
- Career position - Secretary of the Department of National Development
- 1954
- Award - Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
- 1954
- Award - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
- 1957 - 1965
- Career position - Deputy Chairman of the Australian Atomic Energy Commission
- 1963
- Award - Knighted
Related entries
Archival resources
National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection
- Harold George Raggatt - Records, 1922 - 1968, MS 4854; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details
Published resources
Book Sections
- Branagan, D. F., 'Raggatt, Sir Harold George (1900-1968), Geologist' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, John Ritchie and Diane Langmore, eds, vol. 16 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2002), pp. 47-48. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A160056b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- 'Obituary: Harold George Raggatt', Proceedings of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 229 (1969), 1. Details
- 'Memorial: Sir Harold Raggatt, Kt, CBE, DSc, FAA 1900-1968', Journal of the Geological Society of Australia, 16 (1) (1969), ix-xiv. Details
- Glaessner, M. F., 'Obituary: Sir Harold Raggatt: 1900-1968', Australian Journal of Science, 32 (10) (1970), 398-399. Details
- Rayner, J. M.; and Wark, I. W., 'Harold George Raggatt', Records of the Australian Academy of Science, 2 (3) (1972), 62-75. http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9720230062.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q18164264. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/56198930. Details
- Geological Society of Australia, Australian geology hall of fame, Earth Sciences History Group, Geological Society of Australia, 2022. https://www.gsa.org.au/Public/Public/Specialist_Groups/ESHG_Sub_Pages/ESHG_Biographies.aspx?hkey=1bfc25ca-efd5-4f91-9536-dabf175139ce. Details
- 'Raggatt, H G (19000125-19681102)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-478590. Details
Resource Sections
- Rayner, J. M.; and Wark, I. W., 'Harold George Raggatt 1900-1968', in Australian Academy of Science Biographical Memoirs, Australian Academy of Science, 2006, https://www.science.org.au/fellowship/fellows/biographical-memoirs/harold-george-raggatt-1900-1968. Details
See also
- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_r.html. Details
- Angyal, S. J., 'Sir Philip Baxter 1905-1989', Historical Records of Australian Science, 8 (3) (1991), 183-197. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9910830183. Details
- Glaessner, M. F.; Shergold, J. H.; and Teichert, C., 'Armin Alexander Öpik 1898-1983', Historical Records of Australian Science, 6 (2) (1985), 267-276. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9850620267. Details
- Hill, Dorothy, 'Edwin Sherbon Hills, 1906-1986', Historical Records of Australian Science, 7 (1) (1987), 79-95. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9870710079. Details
Digital resources
McCarthy, G.J.
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