Person
Osborne, George Davenport (1899 - 1955)
- Born
- 6 August 1899
Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 5 October 1955
Turramurra, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Academic and Geologist
Summary
George Osborne taught geology at the University of Sydney from 1921 to 1955, becoming Reader in 1949. He wrote "Structural Evolution of the Hunter-Manning-Myall Province" in 1950.
Details
Chronology
- 1921
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Sydney
- 1925
- Award - Linnean Macleay Fellowship (Geology), for study at the University of Sydney
- 1926 - 1945
- Career position - Lecturer and demonstrator, Geology, University of Sydney
- 1928
- Career event - Elected Associate Member (Geology), Australian National Research Council
- 1929
- Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Sydney
- 1930 - 1931
- Career position - Sedgwick Museum, Cambridge
- 1932
- Career event - Elected Member (Geology), Australian National Research Council
- 1933 -
- Career position - Taught evening classes, Sydney Technical College
- 1933 - 1934
- Career position - President, Sydney University Union
- 1937
- Career event - Fellow, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS)
- 1938 - 1939
- Career position - Emmanuel College, Cambridge
- 1939
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Cambridge
- 1944
- Career position - President, Royal Society of New South Wales
- 1945 - 1949
- Career position - Senior lecturer, Geology, University of Sydney
- 1947 - 1948
- Career position - President, Linnean Society of New South Wales
- 1949 - 1955
- Career position - Reader in Geology, University of Sydney
- 1950
- Career event - Published: Structural Evolution of the Hunter-Manning-Myall Province
Related entries
Archival resources
National Library of Australia
- Dr J.H. Rattigan map collection [cartographic material], 1928, MAP Dr J.H. Rattigan Map Collection (Rare Map Room); National Library of Australia. Details
Published resources
Book Sections
- Vallance, T. G., 'Osborne, George Davenport (1899-1955), Geologist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 11: 1891 - 1939 Nes-Smi, Geoffrey Serle, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1988), pp. 101-102. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110112b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Browne, W. R., 'Obituary: George Davenport Osborne', Australian Journal of Science, 18 (2) (1955), 52-53. Details
- Osborne, G. D., 'Presidential address, Seventy-third Annual General Meeting: A review of some of the stratigraphy, structure and physiography of the Sydney Basin', Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 73 (335-340) (1948), i-xxxvii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35068994. Details
- W. R. Browne [ie William R. Browne], 'George Davenport Osborne, 1899-1955 (Memorial series, no. 15)', Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 82 (2) (1957), 252-256, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34928533. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21538068. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/93336219. Details
- 'Osborne, George Davenport (1899-1955)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-566029. Details
Rosanne Walker; Ken McInnes
Created: 30 June 1997, Last modified: 5 September 2024