Hills, Edwin Sherbon (1906 - 1986)

Summary

Edwin Hills was Lecturer in Geology 1932-1944, Professor of Geology and Mineralogy 1944-1962, Research Professor and Deputy Vice-Chancellor 1962-1971, at the University of Melbourne. His interests were wide ranging and included fossil fishes, physiography, mineralogy and petrology, structure, tectonics and morphotectonics, and economic geology.

Details

Chronology

1928

Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne

1929 -

Award - 1851 Exhibition Overseas Scholarship

1929

Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Melbourne

1929

Career position - Demonstrator in Geology, University of Melbourne

1931

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London

1932 - 1938

Career position - Lecturer in Geology, University of Melbourne

1938

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

1938 - 1942

Career position - Acting Senior Lecturer (to 1940) then Senior Lecturer in Geology, University of Melbourne

1940

Award - David Syme Research Prize (jointly), University of Melbourne

1942

Award - Wollaston Fund Award, Geological Society of London

1942 - 1943

Career position - Associate Professor of Geology, University of Melbourne

1943 - 1944

Military service - Second World War. Geologist at the North Australia Observer Unit, Directorate of Army Research

1944 - 1971

Career position - Professor of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Melbourne

1947

Career position - President of Section P (Geography), Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science

1947 - 1948

Career position - Dean of Science, University of Melbourne

1947 - 1956

Career position - Chairman, Editorial Committee, Royal Society of Victoria

1951

Award - Bigsby Medal, Geological Society of London

1952 - 1955

Career position - Chairman, Interim Council and then Foundation President of the Geological Society of Australia

1953 - 1986

Award - Petitioner for the Academy, Founding Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

1954 - 1986

Award - Fellow, The Royal Society, London (FRS)

1955 - 1956

Career position - President, Royal Society of Victoria

1959 - 1962

Career position - Chairman, Professorial Board and Pro-Vice-Chancellor

1959 - 1968

Career position - Chairman, National Committee on Hydrology, Australian Academy of Science

1962 - 1968

Career position - Chairman, Board of Trustees of the National Museum of Victoria

1962 - 1971

Career position - Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Univerity of Melbourne

1964 - 1971

Career position - Research Professor of Geology

1967

Award - Honorary Fellow, Geological Society of London

1968

Award - Lomonosov Medal, University of Moscow

1970 - 1978

Career position - Chairman, National Committee for Quaternary Research, Australian Academy of Science

1971

Award - Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) - For service to geology

1972 -

Career position - Emeritus Professor, University of Melbourne

1977 - 1978

Career position - Chairman, Commission on the Teaching of Geology, International Union of Geological Sciences

1979

Award - W.R. Browne Award, Geological Society of Australia

1985

Career position - Member, Royal Society of Sciences of Uppsala

Related entries

Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

• Edwin Sherbon Hills - Records, 1950 - 1987, MS 092; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details
• Geological Society of Australia - Records, 1952 - 2000, MS 085; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection

• Edwin Sherbon Hills - Records, 1844 - 1988, MS 8564; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details

National Library of Australia Oral History Collection

• Edwin Sherbon Hills - Records, 1930 - 1988, DeB 698; National Library of Australia Oral History Collection. Details

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

• Australasian Science, A Bright Sparcs Exhibition, Australian Science Archives Project, 1997, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/journal/journal.htm. Details
• Smith, Ailie, Adolph Basser Library Manuscript Collection, eScholarship Research Centre, 2012, http://www.eoas.info/basser_browse.html. Details

Articles

• Sherratt, Tim, 'A Model Scientist? Edwin Hills', Australasian Science, Autumn (1993), http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/journal/as_hills.htm. Details

Books

• Sherratt, Tim; McCarthy, Gavan, A Guide to the Records of Edwin Sherbon Hills (Melbourne: Australian Science Archives Project, 1992), 150 pp. Details

Book Sections

• Archbold, N.W., 'Hills, Edwin Sherborn (1906-1986), Geologist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 17: 1981 - 1990 A-K, Diane Langmore, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2007), pp. 533-534. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hills-edwin-sherbon-12638. Details
• Turner, S.; and Long, J.A, 'Professor Edwin Sherbon Hills: His Palaeontological Works' in A Small Collection of Informal Essays Prepared by Friends and Colleagues and Intended for Presentation to Prof. E.S. Hills on What Would have been his Eightieth Anniversary of his Birthday 31 August, 1986, Twidale, R., ed. (1986), pp. 1-14. Details
• Turner, S.; and Long, J.A, 'Professor Edwin Sherbon Hills: His Palaeontological Works' in Pathways in Geology : Essays in Honour of Edwin Sherbon Hill, Le Maitre, R.W., ed. (Melbourne: Memorial Volume Committee/Blackwoods, 1989), pp. 41-51. Details

Journal Articles

• Hill, Dorothy, 'Edwin Sherbon Hills, 1906-1986', Historical Records of Australian Science, 7 (1) (1987), 79-95. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9870710079. Details
• Hills, E. S., 'The geology of bridge foundations, reservoirs and dam sites', Commonwealth Engineer, 21 (7) (1934), 195-197. Details
• Hills, E. S., 'Ernest Willington Skeats', Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 66 (1-2) (1955), 164-65. Details
• Hills, E. S., 'Royal Society of Victoria - Approaching Centenary', Australian Journal of Science, 19 (4) (1957), 144-145. Details
• Hills, E. S., 'William Noel Benson', Biographical memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, 4 (1958), 27-33, https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbm.1958.0003. Details
• Hills, E. S., 'Frank Leslie Stillwell', Records of the Australian Academy of Science, 1 (1) (1966), 58-66. http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9660110058.htm. Details
• Hills, E. S., 'David Evan Thomas (1902-1978)', Historical Records of Australian Science, 5 (2) (1981), 90-96. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9810520090. Details
• Joyce, E. B., 'Professor E. S. Hills' Great Relief Model of Australia', Newsletter (Earth Sciences History Group), 36 (2006), 23-25. Details

Newspaper Articles

• Higgins, H.; and Hewertson, W., 'William Edwin Hills, Wood Scientist, 9-2-1921 - 3-2-2008', The Age (2008). Details

Resources

• VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/69692224. Details
• Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5346813. Details
• Guide to the Records of Edwin Sherbon Hills, Australian Science Archives Project, 1993, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/pubs/guides/hills/. Details
• CA 2002, 2 Echelon, Army Headquarters; CA 46, Department of Defence [III], Central Office, 'NAA: B884, V504048', B884 Citizen Military Forces Personnel Dossiers, 1939-1947, National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?O=I&Number=6259459. Details
• 'Hills, E Sherbon (1906-1986)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-635589. Details
• Sherratt, Tim; McCarthy, Gavan, Edwin Sherbon Hills Guide to Records, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 2004, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/hill/hills.htm. Details

Resource Sections

• 'Hills, Edwin Sherbon - Ms 92', in Listing of Adolph Basser Library holdings, Australian Academy of Science, 1994, http://www.science.org.au/basser/manuscript-collection/ms092.html. Details
• 'Primary description of person CP 175; Edwin Sherbon Hills', in RecordSearch, National Archives of Australia, 2000, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?Number=CP%20175. Details
• Hills, E. S., 'Royal Society of Victoria - Approaching Centenary', in Science and the making of Victoria, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/smv/059.html. Details
• Hills, E. S., 'Frank Leslie Stillwell 1888-1963', in Australian Academy of Science Biographical Memoirs, Australian Academy of Science, 2006, https://www.science.org.au/fellowship/fellows/biographical-memoirs/frank-leslie-stillwell-1888-1963. Details
• Sherratt, Tim; et al, 'Career Outline', in Guide to the Records of Edwin Sherbon Hills, Australian Science Archives Project, Melbourne, 1993, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/hill/HIP0001.htm. Details
• Vallance, T. G.: with contributions by E. S. Hills, 'William Rowan Browne 1884-1975', in Australian Academy of Science Biographical Memoirs, Australian Academy of Science, 2006, https://www.science.org.au/fellowship/fellows/biographical-memoirs/william-rowan-browne-1884-1975. Details

See also

• Science and the making of Victoria, with Royal Society of Victoria, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/smv/index_h.html. Details
• Bowler, Jim, 'Unlikely encounters: Geology and archaeology' in Dhoombak goobgoowana: a history of Indigenous Australia and the University of Melbourne - Volume 1: The Truth, Ross L. Jones, James Waghorne and Marcia Langton, eds (Carlton, Vic.: Melbourne University Press, 2024), pp. 107-124, https://www.mup.com.au/books/dhoombak-goobgoowana-paperback-softback. Details
• Hyde, B. G.; and Day, P, 'John Stuart Anderson', Historical Records of Australian Science, 9 (2) (1992), 127-49. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9920920127. Details