Person
Richards, Henry Caselli (1884 - 1947)
HonMIEAust
- Born
- 16 December 1884
Melton, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 13 June 1947
- Occupation
- Geologist, University Administrator and Chemist
Summary
Henry Richards was a geologist who after some industry experience became Lecturer in geology at the University of Queensland and its first Professor of Geology from 1919 to 1947. He made a considerable impact on the University, both within his Department, and as Dean of Science, Member of the University's Senate and Deputy Chancellor. For the Queensland Government he made significant contributions to agencies such as the Royal Commission into Mining and the Artesian Water Commission. Richards was heavily involved in a wide range of other scientific organisations. As Chairman of the Great Barrier Reef Committee he was closely involved with early boring activities, the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928 - 1929, and the establishment of the Heron Island Research Station. He was a strong advocate for the establishment of a federal geological body, was for ten years a member of the Australian National Research Council, and served two terms as President of the Royal Society of Queensland.
Details
Chronology
- 1906
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne
- 1906 - 1907
- Career position - Geologist, Geological Survey of Victoria
- 1907 - 1908
- Career position - Metallurgical Superintendent, De Bavay's Treatment Co, Broken Hill
- 1908 - 1910
- Career position - Demonstrator, University of Melbourne
- 1909
- Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Melbourne
- 1910 - 1911
- Career position - Teacher, Chemistry, Geology and Mining Department, Central Technical College, Brisbane
- 1911 - 1919
- Career position - Lecturer in geology, University of Queensland
- 1913
- Career position - President, Royal Society of Queensland
- 1917
- Career position - Honorary Petrologist and Mineralogist, Queensland Museum
- 1919 - 1947
- Career position - Inaugural Professor of Geology, University of Queensland
- 1921 - 1932
- Career position - Foundation Councillor (Geology), Australian National Research Council
- 1924
- Career position - President, Section C (Geology and Mineralogy), Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science
- 1925 - 1947
- Career position - Chairman, Great Barrier Reef Committee
- 1926 - 1932
- Career position - Member of the Senate, University of Queensland
- 1927
- Career position - Member, Oil Advisory Board, Queensland Mines Department
- 1929
- Career position - Member, Royal Commission into Mining in Queensland
- 1932 - 1933
- Career position - Member, Survey of Australian and New Zealand Museums and Art Galleries for the Carnegie Corporation, New York
- 1933
- Career position - Member, Queensland Bureau of Industry
- 1935 - 1938
- Career position - Chairman, Mining Commission, Queensland Bureau of Industry
- 1937
- Career event - Fellow, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS)
- 1937
- Award - Clarke Memorial Lecturer, Royal Society of New South Wales
- 1938 - ?
- Career position - Member, Queensland Artesian Water Commission
- 1938
- Award - Clarke Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales
- 1938
- Career position - President, Royal Society of Queensland
- 1938 - 1945
- Career position - Member, Board of Trustees, Queensland Art Gallery
- 1941
- Award - Honorary Member (HonMIEAust), Institution of Engineers, Australia. - Long record of association with scientific progress including engineering geology
- 1943 - 1947
- Career position - Member of the Senate, University of Queensland
- 1944 - 1946
- Career position - Deputy Chancellor, University of Queensland
- 1945 - 1947
- Career position - President, Board of Trustees, Queensland Art Gallery
Related entries
Archival resources
John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland
- Henry Caselli Richards - Records, 1922 - 1927; John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland. Details
The University of Queensland Archives
- Henry Caselli Richards - Records, 1911 - 1947; The University of Queensland Archives. Details
University of Queensland, Geology Department Library
- Henry Caselli Richards - Records, 1933 - 1936; University of Queensland, Geology Department Library. Details
Published resources
Books
- Gregory, Helen, Vivant Professores: Distinguished Members of the University of Queensland, 1910-1940 (St Lucia: University of Queensland Library, 1987), 180 pp. Details
Book Sections
- Hill, Dorothy, 'Richards, Henry Caselli (1884-1947), Professor of Geology' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 11: 1891 - 1939 Nes-Smi, Geoffrey Serle, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1988), pp. 373-374. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110383b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Bryan, W. H., 'Obituary: Professor H. C. Richards', Australian Journal of Science, 10 (1) (1947), 13-14. Details
- Bryan, W. H., 'H. C. Richards Memorial Address', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, lix (5) (1947), 141-150. Details
- Hill, Dorothy, 'The First Fifty Years of the Department of Geology of the University of Queensland', University of Queensland, Department of Geology, 10 (1) (1981), 1-68. Details
- Institution of Engineers Australia, 'Twenty-second Annual Report [1941]', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 14 (1942), 35-41. 'Honorary Membership of The Institution, awarded to Professor H C Richards, DSc, Professor of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Queensland', p.39. Details
- Richards, H. C. and Hill, D., 'Great Barrier Reef bores, 1926 and 1937: description, analyses, interpretations', Report of the Great Barrier Reef Committee, 5 (1942), 1-111. Details
- Richards, Henry C, 'The Development of Petrology During the Present Century. Presidential Address.', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, xxvi (1914), 1-11. Details
- Richards, Henry C., 'The building stones of Queensland', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 30 (8) (1918), 97-157. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5719224. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/94877336. Details
- 'Richards, H C (1884-1947)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-636236. Details
See also
- Thomis, Malcolm Ian, A Place of Light and Learning: the University of Queensland's First Seventy-Five Years (St Lucia (Qld): University of Queensland Press, 1985), 429 pp. Details
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Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 6 October 2023
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