Person
Hales, Anton Linder (1911 - 2006)
FAA FRAS
- Born
- 1 March 1911
Mossel Bay, South Africa - Died
- 11 December 2006
Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Geophysicist
Summary
Anton Hales was Foundation Director (1973) then Emeritus Professor (1978) of the Research School of Earth Sciences at the Australian National University. He officially retired from the School at the age of eighty-nine and has had a lecture room and the A L Hales Honours Year Scholarships in Geophysics and Geochemistry named in his honour. Prior to this Hales was Director of the Bernard Price Institute of Geophysical Research in South Africa and of the Geoscience Division of the University of Texas, USA. Throughout his career he was involved in many aspects of earth sciences research, including geophysics. Hales was elected as Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa, the Royal Astronomical Society, the American Geophysical Union, and of the Australian Academy of Science.
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Chronology
- 1929
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Cape Town, South Africa
- 1930
- Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Cape Town, South Africa
- 1931
- Career position - Junior Lecturer of Applied Mathematics, University of Witwatersrand in South Africa
- 1933
- Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Mathematics, St John's College, University of Cambridge, UK
- 1933 - 1945
- Career position - Junior Lecturer, then Lecturer and Senior Lecturer in Mathematics, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa
- 1936
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Cape Town, South Africa
- 1946 - 1949
- Career position - Senior Research Officer at the Bernard Price Institute of Geophysical Research, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa
- 1949 - 1954
- Career position - Professor of Applied Mathematics and Head of the Department of Mathematics, University of Cape Town, South Africa
- 1952
- Education - Master of Arts (MA), University of Cambridge, UK
- 1954 - 1962
- Career position - Director of the Bernard Price Institute of Geophysical Research and Carnegie-Price Professor of Geophysics
- 1962 - 1973
- Career position - Director of the Geoscience Division of the University of Texas, USA
- 1970 - 1971
- Career position - Acting Vice-President for Academic Affairs, University of Texas, USA
- 1973 - 1978
- Career position - Foundation Director of the Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra
- 1976 - 2006
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
- 1978 - 2002
- Career position - Emeritus Professor and Visiting Fellow at the Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra
- 1 Jan 2001
- Award - Centenary Medal - for service to Australian society in earth sciences
Related entries
Published resources
Journal Articles
- Hales, A. L., 'Keith Edward Bullen 1906-1976', Records of the Australian Academy of Science, 4 (2) (1979), 42-64. https://www.publish.csiro.au/hr/HR9790420042. Details
- Lambeck, Kurt, 'Anton Linder Hales 1911 - 2006', Historical Records of Australian Science, 30 (2) (2019), 146-65. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR18022. Details
Resources
- 'Hales, Anton (1911-2006)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1150429. Details
Resource Sections
- Hales, A. L., 'Keith Edward Bullen 1906-1976', in Australian Academy of Science Biographical Memoirs, Australian Academy of Science, 1979, https://www.science.org.au/fellowship/fellows/biographical-memoirs-1/keith-edward-bullen-1906-1976. Details
- Lambeck, Kurt, 'Interview with Professor Anton Hales, terrestrial and planetary scientist', in Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 2002, https://www.science.org.au/learning/general-audience/history/interviews-australian-scientists/professor-anton-hales-1911-2006. Details
Annette Alafaci
Created: 14 November 2005, Last modified: 15 June 2022