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Anderson, Charles (1876 - 1944)

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Mineralogist and Museum curator

Born: 5 December 1876 Moa, Orkney Islands, Scotland. Died: 25 October 1944 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Charles Anderson was Director, Australian Museum, Sydney, 1921-40. He was originally appointed mineralogist in 1901 and conducted research into morphological crystallography and the chemistry of minerals in Australia.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1898 Master of Arts (MA) completed at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland
1900 Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Edinburgh
1900 - 1901 Director of the Ben Nevis Observatory in Scotland
1901 - 1921 Mineralogist for the Australian Museum in Sydney
1908 Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of Edinburgh
1921 - 1940 Director of the Australian Museum
1923 - 1924 Lecturer in Crystallography at the University of Sydney
1924 President of the Royal Society of New South Wales
1930 - 1931 President of the Anthropological Society of New South Wales
1932 President of the Linnean Society of New South Wales
1941 - 1942 President of the Geographical Society of New South Wales
1942 - 1944 Communications Censorship

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 25 July 2006

Published by The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre on ASAPWeb, 1994 - 2007
Originally published 1994-1999 by Australian Science Archives Project, 1999-2006 by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
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