Person

Edwards, Austin Burton (1909 - 1960)

Born
15 August 1909
Caulfield, Victoria, Australia
Died
8 October 1960
Rome, Italy
Occupation
Geologist

Summary

Austin Edwards was a member of the Mineragraphic Section of the CSIR/O from 1934 and was Officer-In-Charge 1953-1960. Many of the Section's substantial contributions to mineragraphy have been drawn on for the compilation of a standard text called The texture of ore minerals and their significance by Dr. A. B. Edwards, who was Officer-in-Charge of the Section from 1953 to 1960.

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Chronology

1932 -
Award - 1851 Exhibition Overseas Scholarship
1953 - 1960
Career position - Officer-in-Charge, CSIR/O Mineragraphic Investigations
1960
Award - Clarke Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales

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Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

  • Austin Burton Edwards - Records, 1930 - 1945, MS 041; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

Books

  • Edwards, Austin Barton, Textures of the ore minerals and their significance (Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 1947), 185 pp. Details

Book Sections

Journal Articles

  • Edwards, A. B., 'Obituary: Ernest Willington Skeats', Australian Journal of Science, 15 (4) (1953), 127-128. Details
  • Stillwell, F., 'Memorial to Austin Burton Edwards', American mineralogist, 46 (1961), 488-96. Details
  • Stillwell, F. L., 'Obituary: Austin Burton Edwards', Australian Journal of Science, 23 (8) (1961), 260. Details

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See also

Gavan McCarthy

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