Cotton, Leo Arthur (1883 - 1963)

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 - Bachelor of Arts (BA), University of Sydney

1907 - 1908

Career position - Geologist on board Nimrod, British Antarctic Expedition

1908

Education - Bachelor of Science (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 - Master of Arts (MA), University of Sydney

1920

Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Sydney

1920 - 1925

Career position - Assistant Professor in Geology, University of Sydney

1922

Career event - Elected Associate Member (Geology), Australian National Research Council

1925 - 1948

Career position - Professor of Geology and Physical Geography, University of Sydney

1926

Career event - Elected Member (Geology), Australian National Research Council

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

1937

Career event - Fellow, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS)

1944 - 1946

Career position - Dean, Faculty of Science, University of Sydney

1946

Award - Clarke Memorial Lecturer, Royal Society of New South Wales

Related entries

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

• Smith, Ailie, Adolph Basser Library Manuscript Collection, eScholarship Research Centre, 2012, http://www.eoas.info/basser_browse.html. Details

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, volume 8: 1891 - 1939 Cl-Gib, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (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

• Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q24239567. Details
• 'Cotton, Leo Arthur (1883-1963)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1463829. Details

Resource Sections

• 'Cotton, Leo Arthur - Ms 142', in Listing of Adolph Basser Library holdings, Australian Academy of Science, 1994, http://www.science.org.au/basser/manuscript-collection/ms142.html. Details
• 'Cotton, Leo Arthur', in Physics in Australia to 1945, R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham, Australian Science Archives Project, June 1995, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/physics/P000327p.htm. Details