Person
Ward, Leonard Keith (1879 - 1964)
ISO
- Born
- 17 February 1879
Petersham, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 30 September 1964
- Occupation
- Geologist
Summary
Keith Ward was a geologist who became Assistant Government Geologist and Inspector of Mines in Tasmania after four years teaching at the School of Mines in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. In Tasmania he focussed on the State's tin, silver-lead and copper deposits. In 1912 he became Government Geologist in South Australia, with additional responsibilities from 1916 as director of mines and supervisor of boring and from 1919 as secretary to the Minister of Mines. Ward's interests ranged over mineral and hydrological investigations, petroleum exploration, and coal resources. He worked to integrate the mining industry with the South Australian economy, initiated a systematic examination of South Australia's mineral and underground water resources, and established a department of chemistry to conduct systematic chemical industrial research on South Australia's natural resources. He served on a number of commissions related to petroleum exploration, the production of oil from hydrogenation of coal, and underground water supplies. His work was recognised by being awarded the Clarke Medal of the Royal Society of New South Wales and the Verco Medal of the Royal Society of South Australia, of which he was President 1929 - 1930.
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Chronology
- 1900
- Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA), University of Sydney
- 1903
- Education - Bachelor of Engineering (BE), University of Sydney
- 1903 - 1906
- Career position - Lecturer, Western Australian School of Mines in Kalgoorlie
- 1907 - 1912
- Career position - Assistant Government Geologist and Inspector of Mines, Tasmania
- 1912 - 1944
- Career position - Government Geologist, South Australia
- 1921 -
- Career position - Foundation Councillor (Geology), Australian National Research Council
- 1923
- Career position - President, Section C (Geology and Mineralogy), Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science Conference, New Zealand
- 1925 - 1931
- Career position - Consultant Geologist for the Northern Territory
- 1926
- Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Adelaide
- 1926 - 1944
- Career position - Member, State Advisory Committee, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
- 1928
- Career position - Chairman, Interstate Artesian Water Conference
- 1928 - 1931
- Career position - Member, Executive Committee, Imperial Geophysical Experimental Survey
- 1929 - 1930
- Career position - President, Royal Society of South Australia
- 1929 - 1930
- Career position - Member, Australian Royal Commission on the Coal Industry
- 1930
- Award - Clarke Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales
- 1930 - 1931
- Career position - President, Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch
- 1936 - 1940
- Career position - Member, Commonwealth Oil Advisory Committee
- 1937 -
- Career event - Fellow, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS)
- 1943
- Award - Imperial Service Order (ISO)
- 1955
- Award - Sir Joseph Verco Medal, Royal Society of South Australia
- 1955 - 1964
- Award - Honorary Fellow, Royal Society of South Australia
Related entries
Published resources
Book Sections
- O'Neil, Bernard, 'Ward, Leonard Keith (1879-1964), Geologist and Public Servant' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 16: 1940 - 1980 Pik-Z, John Ritchie and Diane Langmore, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2002), pp. 489-490. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A160581b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- L. W. P. [Parkin, L. W.], 'Obituary: Leonard Keith Ward, B.A., B.E., D.Sc., I.S.O. 1879 - 1964', Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 89 (1965), 291, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41031557. Details
- Miles, Keith R., 'Memorial to Leonard Keith Ward (1879 - 1964)', GSA Bulletin, 76 (6) (1965), 83-6. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q6525448. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/16799377. Details
- 'Ward, Leonard Kenneth (18790217-19640930)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1772589. Details
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