Person

Thomson, James Park (1854 - 1941)

Born
20 June 1854
Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland
Died
10 May 1941
Kilcoy, Queensland, Australia
Occupation
Geographer and Astronomer

Summary

James Thomson was the founder, in 1885, of Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, Queensland Branch, was president 1894-1897 and edited its "Journal". He had a private observatory and was responsible for the adoption of the zonal system for reckoning time.

Related People

Archival resources

John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland

  • James Park Thomson - Records, 1884 - 1931, OM65-21; John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

Journal Articles

  • Abbott, Robert, 'The maintenance of energy', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 1 (1889), 12-20. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8279620. Mentioned in the paper. Details
  • Anderson, Peter E.; and Orchiston, Wayne, 'The Brisbane Astronomical Society (1896 to 1917), its six-inch refractor, and key members Dudley Eglinton and James Park Thomson', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 128 (2020), 143-66. Details
  • Griggs, Peter D., 'The Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (Queensland) Inc.: the Thomson Years, 1885-1941', Royal Historical Society of Queensland, 13 (1) (1987), 1-19. Details

Resources

McCarthy, G.J.

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