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Simpson, Edward Sydney (1875 - 1939) |
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| Mineralogist and Chemist | ||
| Born: 11 March 1875 Woollaha, New South Wales, Australia. Died: 30 August 1939. | ||
| Edward Sydney Simpson, having just completed his BE in mining and metallurgy at the University of Sydney, was appointed the inaugural mineralogist and assayer to the Geological Survey of Western Australia in 1897. He was given control of the combined laboratories of the Health, Agriculture and Mines Departments in 1922 and these became the Government Chemical Laboratories. He was awarded a DSc by the University of Western Australia in 1919. His major monograph, the definitive "Minerals of Western Australia" was completed after his death by others and published in three volumes in 1948, 1951 and 1952. |
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