Person
Humphrey, George Frederick (1920 - )
- Born
- 28 June 1920
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Oceanographer
Summary
George Frederick Humphrey is an Australian Oceanographer. He was the head of two divisions of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Fisheries and Oceanography (1956 - 1971) and the Marine Biochemistry Unit (1971-1977). He also served as the Chair of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) between 1973 and 1977. The IOC is a subset of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and according to its web page the IOC 'aims to improve the governance, management, institutional capacity, and decision-making process of its Member States with respect to marine resources and climate variability and to foster sustainable development of the marine environment, in particular in developing countries'. George was also involved in collaboration with the Royal Australian Navy undertaking sounding in the waters around Australia during the cold war between 1957 and 1963 with two river-class frigates, the HMAS Damantina and the HMAS Gascoyne. Both ships were used as survey and research ships after the Second World War.
Details
Chronology
- 1941 -
- Career position - Scientist, Division of Fisheries, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
- 1942 - 1956
- Career position - Senior Lecturer, Department of Biochemistry, University of Sydney
- c. 1947
- Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Sydney
- 1949
- Career position - Honorary Abstractor (Biochemistry), Australian Science Abstracts, Australian National Research Council
- 1951
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Cambridge
- 1954 - 1955
- Award - Nuffield Travelling Fellowship, Universities of Glasgow and London
- 1956 - 1971
- Career position - Chief, Division of Fisheries and Oceanography, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
- 1971 - 1977
- Career position - Chief, Division of Marine Biochemistry Unit, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
- 1973 - 1977
- Career position - Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, UNESCO
Related entries
Archival resources
Australian War Memorial Research Centre
- [Original title too long] Interview of George Humphrey by Alastair Cooper, S04356; Australian War Memorial Research Centre. Details
National Library of Australia
Published resources
Resources
- 'Humphrey, George Frederick', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1772605. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Marine and Atmospheric Research Divisions', in CSIROpedia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), https://csiropedia.csiro.au/marine-and-atmospheric-research-2005/. Details
- 'Fifty years of oceanographic collaboration sees a transformation in ocean science and services', in ICO 50 1960 - 2010, Bureau of Meteorology, c.2010, http://www.bom.gov.au/oceanography/ioc/ioc_50_years.shtml. Details
- 'About the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)', in Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, United Nations Educational, Scienctific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), c.2017, http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/ioc-oceans/about-us/. Details
Elizabeth Daniels; Ken McInnes
Created: 19 December 2017, Last modified: 31 January 2024