Person

Campbell, Kenton Stewart Wall (1927 - 2017)

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Born
9 September 1927
Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
Died
17 June 2017
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Austalia
Occupation
Geologist and Palaeontologist
Alternative Names
  • Campbell, Ken

Summary

Kenton Campbell was Professor of Geology at the Australian National University 1982-1993 and has been an Emeritus Professor since 1993. His interests include vertebrate palaeontology, early evolution and palaeozoic stratigraphy.

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Chronology

1949
Education - Bachelor of Science (Hons), University of Queensland
1950 - 1951
Career position - Assistant Geologist, Queensland Geological Survey
1951
Education - Masters of Science, University of Queensland
1951
Career position - Mathematics Master, Albury Grammar School
1952
Career position - Temporary Lecturer in Geology, University of New England
1953 - 1958
Career position - Lecturer in Geology, University of New England
1958
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Queensland
1958 - 1962
Career position - Senior Lecturer in Geology, University of New England
1962 - 1964
Career position - Senior Lecturer in Geology, Australian National University
1965 - 1981
Career position - Reader in Geology, Australian National University
1975
Lecture - Clarke Memorial Lecture, Royal Society of New South Wales
1976 - 1977
Career Position - President, Association of Australasian Paleontologists
1978 - 1980
Career position - Dean, Faculty of Science, Australian National University
1982 - 1993
Career position - Professor of Geology, Australian National University
1983 - 2017
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1986
Award - Mawson Medal and Lecture, Australian Academy of Science
1993 -
Career position - Emeritus Professor, Australian National University
2006
Award - W. R. Browne Award, Geological Society of Australia
2010
Award - Clarke Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales
2012
Award - Raymond C. Moore Medal, Society for Sedimentary Geology, U.S.A.

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Books

  • Brown, D. A., Campbell, K. S. W. and Crook, K. A. W., The geological evolution of Australia and New Zealand (Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1968), 409 pp. Details
  • Campbell, K. S. W., Australian Permian terebratuloids (Perth: Government Printer, 1965), 146 pp. Details
  • Long, J. A., Barwick, R. E. and Campbell, K. S. W., Osteology and functional morphology of the osteolepiform fish Gogonasus andrewsae Long, 1985, from the Upper Devonian Gogo Formation, Western Australia . (Perth: Western Australian Museum, 1997), 89 pp, https://museum.wa.gov.au/sites/default/files/1.%20Long,%20Barwick,%20Campbell.pdf. Details

Edited Books

  • Campbell, K,. S. W.; and Day, M. F. eds, Rates of evolution (London: Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 1987), 314 pp. Details
  • Campbell, K. S. W. ed., Stratigraphy and paleontology: essays in honour of Dorothy Hill (Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1969), 390 pp. Details
  • Campbell, K. S. W. ed., Gondwanan geology: papers presented at the Third Gondwana Symposium, Canberra, Australia, 1973 Canberra (Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1975), 705 pp. Details
  • Jell, P. A. ed., Palaeontological studies in honour of Ken Campbell: proceedings of a meeting of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists (...) (Brisbane: Association of Australasian Palaeontologists, ), 459 pp. Details

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See also

  • Rickard, Mike, comp., Geology at ANU (1959-2009) : 50 Years of History and Reminiscences (Acton, A.C.T.: ANU E Press, 2010), 276 pp. Details

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