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Douglas Mawson
Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)
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- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 5 May 1882
- Died
- 14 October 1958
- Place of birth
- Shipley
- Place of death
- Brighton
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- Douglas
- Family name
- Mawson
- Father
- Robert Ellis Mawson
- Mother
- Margaret Ann Moore
- Spouse
- Francisca Adriana Mawson
- Child
- Patricia M. Mawson
- Field of work
- geology
- Occupation
- explorer, geologist, film director, botanical collector, scientific collector, polar explorer, mineralogist
- Awards
- Fellow of the Royal Society, Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Founder’s Medal, Bigsby Medal, Clarke Medal, Mueller Medal, David Livingstone Centenary Medal, Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, Silver Wolf Award, Knight Bachelor, Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi, Sir Joseph Verco Medal
- academic degree
- Bachelor of Science, Doctor of Sciences
- collection items at
- National Herbarium of Victoria, Harvard University Herbaria, National Museum of Natural History
- described by source
- Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978), Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)
- doctoral advisor
- Edgeworth David
- educated at
- University of Sydney
- employer
- University of Adelaide
- has works in the collection
- State Library of New South Wales
- languages spoken, written or signed
- English
- member of
- Royal Society, Australian Academy of Science
- name in native language
- Sir Douglas Mawson
- participant in
- Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-1914), British Antarctic Expedition (1907–1909)
- place of burial
- St Jude's Cemetery
- professorship
- professor
- writing language
- English
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