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Summers, Herbert St John (1876 - 1963)

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Born
1876
Died
1963
Occupation
Geologist

Summary

Herbert Summers was Associate Professor of Geology and Mineralogy, 1924-1940 and Professor, 1941-1944, University of Melbourne. President of the Royal Society of Victoria 1931-1932.

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Plaque of Summers by Orlando Dutton at the University of Melbourne.

Chronology

1924 - 1940
Career position - Associate Professor of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Melbourne
1925
Career event - Elected Member (Geology), Australian National Research Council
1931 - 1932
Career position - President, Royal Society of Victoria
1937
Career event - Fellow, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS)
1941 - 1944
Career position - Professor of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Melbourne

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Archival resources

The University of Melbourne Archives

  • Dr Herbert St John Summers (1876-1963), 1994, 100/26; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details

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Journal Articles

  • Skeats, Ernest Willington; and Summers, H. S., 'The petrological and experimental aspects of the main road problem in Victoria (Lecture & Discussion)', Proceedings of the Victorian Institute of Engineers vol. XII (1912), 232-240. http://hdl.handle.net/11343/24524. Details
  • Summers, H. S., 'The Teachers of Geology in the Australian Universities', Journal and Proceedings of The Royal Society of New South Wales, lxxxi (1947), 122-146. Details

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