Person

Anderson, Charles (1876 - 1944)

Born
5 December 1876
Moa, Orkney Islands, Scotland
Died
25 October 1944
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Mineralogist and Museum curator

Summary

Charles Anderson was Director, Australian Museum, Sydney, 1921-1940. He was originally appointed mineralogist in 1901 and conducted research into morphological crystallography and the chemistry of minerals in Australia.

Details

Chronology

1898
Education - Master of Arts (MA), University of Edinburgh, Scotland
1900
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Edinburgh, Scotland
1900 - 1901
Career position - Director, Ben Nevis Observatory, Scotland
1901 - 1921
Career position - Mineralogist, Australian Museum, Sydney
1908
Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Edinburgh, Scotland
1921 - 1940
Career position - Director, Australian Museum, Sydney
1922
Career event - Elected Associate Member (Geology), Australian National Research Council
1923 - 1924
Career position - Lecturer in Crystallography, University of Sydney
1924
Career position - President, Royal Society of New South Wales
1930 - 1931
Career position - President, Anthropological Society of New South Wales
1932
Career event - Elected Member (Zoology), Australian National Research Council
1932 - 1933
Career position - President, Linnean Society of New South Wales
1937
Career event - Fellow, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS)
1941 - 1942
Career position - President, Geographical Society of New South Wales
1942 - 1944
Career position - Communications Censorship

Archival resources

Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales

  • Charles Anderson - Records, 1938; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

Private hands (Aurousseau, M.)

  • Charles Anderson - Records, c. 1900 - c. 1944; Private hands (Aurousseau, M.). Details

Published resources

Book Sections

Journal Articles

  • A., C. [ie Anderson, Charles], 'Biographical notice of W. W. Thorpe', Australian Museum magazine, 4 (12) (1932), 416-7. Details
  • A., C. [ie Anderson, Charles], 'Obituary: William Sutherland Dun', Australian Museum Magazine, 5 (9) (1935), 304. Details
  • Anderson, C.; and Whitley, Gilbert P., 'Allan Riverstone McCulloch, 1885 - 1925 [obituary and bibliography]', Records of the Australian Museum, 15 (2) (1926), 141-8. http://dx.doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.15.1926.804. Details
  • Anon, 'Charles Anderson', Records of the Australian Museum, 21 (6) (1945), 279-82. Details
  • C. A. [ie Charles Anderson], 'Charles Hedley, 1862-1926 (Memorial series, no. 5)', Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 61 (3/4) (1936), 209-220. Details
  • Chalmers, Oliver, 'Minerals in the Australian Museum - 1901 to 1945', Records of the Australian Museum, supplement, 15 (1992), 111-28. Details
  • Smith, T. Hodge, 'Obituary: Dr. Charles Anderson', Australian Journal of Science, 7 (3) (1944), 87-88. Details

Resources

Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes

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