Person

Humphrey, George Frederick (1920 - )

Born
28 June 1920
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Oceanographer

Summary

George Frederick Humphrey is an Australian Oceanographer. He was the head of two divisions of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Fisheries and Oceanography (1956 - 1971) and the Marine Biochemistry Unit (1971-1977). He also served as the Chair of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) between 1973 and 1977. The IOC is a subset of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and according to its web page the IOC 'aims to improve the governance, management, institutional capacity, and decision-making process of its Member States with respect to marine resources and climate variability and to foster sustainable development of the marine environment, in particular in developing countries'. George was also involved in collaboration with the Royal Australian Navy undertaking sounding in the waters around Australia during the cold war between 1957 and 1963 with two river-class frigates, the HMAS Damantina and the HMAS Gascoyne. Both ships were used as survey and research ships after the Second World War.

Details

Chronology

1941 -
Career position - Scientist, Division of Fisheries, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
1942 - 1956
Career position - Senior Lecturer, Department of Biochemistry, University of Sydney
c. 1947
Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Sydney
1949
Career position - Honorary Abstractor (Biochemistry), Australian Science Abstracts, Australian National Research Council
1951
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Cambridge
1954 - 1955
Award - Nuffield Travelling Fellowship, Universities of Glasgow and London
1956 - 1971
Career position - Chief, Division of Fisheries and Oceanography, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
1971 - 1977
Career position - Chief, Division of Marine Biochemistry Unit, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
1973 - 1977
Career position - Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, UNESCO

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Archival resources

Australian War Memorial Research Centre

  • [Original title too long] Interview of George Humphrey by Alastair Cooper, S04356; Australian War Memorial Research Centre. Details

National Library of Australia

  • Biographical cuttings on G.F. Humphrey, containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journals, 1930285; National Library of Australia. Details

Published resources

Resources

Resource Sections

Elizabeth Daniels; Ken McInnes

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