Person

Kidson, Edward (1882 - 1939)

OBE

Born
12 March 1882
Bilston, Staffordshire, England
Died
12 June 1939
New Zealand
Occupation
Meteorologist and Science administrator

Summary

Edward Kidson was Meteorologist for the Commonwealth Meteorological Service 1921-1927 and Director of the Research Division 1923-1927. He then became Director of the New Zealand Meteorological Service 1927-1939.

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Chronology

1885
Life event - Moved to New Zealand with his family
1905
Education - Master of Science (MSc), Canterbury College, New Zealand
1906
Education - Master of Arts (MA), Canterbury College, New Zealand
1915 - 1919
Military service - First World War. Lieutenant / Temp. Captain, meteorological section, Royal Engineers
1919
Award - Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
c. 1919 - 1921
Career position - Director, Watheroo Magnetic Observatory
1921 - 1923
Career position - Meteorologist, Commonwealth Meteorological Service
1923
Career position - President, Section A (Astronomy, Mathematics and Physics), Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science
1923 - 1927
Career position - Director, Research Division, Commonwealth Meteorological Service
1924
Career event - Elected Member (Meteorology), Australian National Research Council
1924
Career position - Committee member, Australian branch, Institute of Physics
1927 - 1939
Career position - Director, New Zealand Meteorological Service
1937
Career event - Fellow, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS)

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Published resources

Books

  • Kidson, Isabel M., Edward Kidson, OBE (Mil.), MA, DSc, F.Inst.P., FRSN.Z. Late Director of Meteorological Services in New Zealand (Christchurch, New Zealand: Whitcombe & Tombs, 1941), 144 pp. Details

Journal Articles

  • 'Obituary: Dr. Edward Kidson', Australian Journal of Science, 12 (1) (1939), 18-19. Details
  • Kidson, Edward, 'Records of earthquakes at Watheroo Magnetic Observatory', Terrestrial magnetism and atmospheric electricity, 25 (4) (1920), 174. https://doi.org/10.1029/TE025i004p00174. Details
  • Morrison, Doug, '90 Years Ago: some Pioneering Field Trips, part 2: Edward Kidson, his Observers and Some More Camels', Preview: Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists, 116 (June) (2005), 20-23. Details

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See also

McCarthy, G.J.

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