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Knibbs, George Handley (1858 - 1929)

CMG, Ktcr

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Statistician

Born: 13 June 1858 Redfern, New South Wales, Australia. Died: 30 March 1929 Camberwell, Victoria, Australia.

(Sir) George Handley Knibbs was the first Commonwealth Statistician (1906-21) and a Director of the Commonwealth Institute of Science and Industry (1921- 26). He was responsible for the production of the Commonwealth Year Book, first published in 1908, and had an international reputation for his work in vital statistics. With J.W. Turner, he was appointed Commissioner for a 1902 Royal Commission into New South Wales Education.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1879 - 1889 Licensed Surveyor within the Trigonometrical and General Survey Department of New South Wales
1881 President of the Royal Society of New South Wales
1889 - 1905 Lecturer in Ggeodesy, Astronomy and Hydraulics at the University of Sydney
1892 President of the Institution of Surveyors
1893 President of the Institution of Surveyors
1900 President of the Institution of Surveyors
1902 Co-Commissioner of the Royal Commission into New South Wales Education
1903 - 1905 President of the Society of Child Study in New South Wales
1905 - 1906 Director of Technical Education in New South Wales
1906 - 1921 Commonwealth Statistician
1911 Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)
1921 - 1926 Director of the Commonwealth Institute of Science and Industry
1923 President of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science
1923 Knight Bachelor (Kt cr)

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Published Sources

'Knibbs, George Handley', in Physics in Australia to 1945, R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham, Australian Science Archives Project, June 1995, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/physics/P001075p.htm. [ Details ]

See Also

Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Federation and Meteorology, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/fam/scripts/fam-dynindex.php3?EID=P001075. [ Details ]

Structure based on ISAAR(CPF) - click here for an explanation of the fields.

Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 18 October 2006

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