Person
Power, Frederick Danvers (1861 - 1955)
- Born
- 31 May 1861
Blackheath, Kent, England - Died
- 29 June 1955
Burwood, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Mining engineer
Summary
Frederick Danvers Power, ME FGS HonFAusIMM, emigrated to Australia in 1885 and worked as a mining engineer in all states. He was at sometime a lecturer in mining in the Department of Geology, University of New South Wales.
Details
Chronology
- 1885
- Life event - Arrived in Melbourne
- 1886
- Career event - Member, Geological Society of Australasia
- 1888 -
- Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science
- 1893 -
- Career event - Foundation Member, (MAusIME), Australasian Institute of Mining Engineers
- 1897
- Career position - President, Australasian Institute of Mining Engineers
- 1904
- Career position - President, Australasian Institute of Mining Engineers
- 1942
- Award - Honorary Fellow, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy - In recognition of valuable services to science and industry
Related entries
Published resources
Books
- Dew, John M., Mining people - a century : Highlights of the first hundred years of the AusIMM 1893-1993 (Parkville, Victoria: Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 1993), 550 pp. See pp.75-77, 188, 253, 268. Details
- Power, F. Danvers, A glossary of terms used in mining geology (Adelaide: Australasian Institute of Mining Engineers, 1895), 70 pp, https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-471332487. Details
- Power, F. Danvers, Coalfields and collieries of Australia (Melbourne: Critchley Parker, 1912), 440 pp, https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.18522. Details
Journal Articles
- Power, F. Danvers, 'Mine management', Journal and abstract of proceedings of the Sydney University Engineering Society, 11 (1906), 31-45, https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/SUES/article/view/2096. Details
- Power, F. Danvers, 'Presidential address', Journal and abstract of proceedings of the Sydney University Engineering Society, 14 (1909), 1-12, https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/SUES/article/view/2165. Details
Resources
- 'Power, F Danvers (1861-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1270291. Details
Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 3 October 2024
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