Biographical entry Summers, Herbert St John (1876 - 1963)
Dr. Professor
- Born
- 1876
Benalla, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 21 June 1963
Box Hill, Victoria, Australia - Summary
MSc, DSc
University of Melbourne, Wyselaskie Scholarship in Natural History 1904.
University of Melbourne, Lecturer and Demonstrator in Geology c.1908
University of Melbourne, Associate Professor Geology from 1924 to 1940
University of Melbourne, Professor of Geology and Mineralogy from 1940 to 1944.
University of Melbourne, Sub-Dean Faculty of Science from 1939.
University of Melbourne, Chairman of the Technical Colleges Board from c.1942 to 1944.
President of the Royal Society from 1931 to 1932.
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Chronology
- 1902
- Education - Working Men's College
- 1904
- University of Melbourne - Wyselaskie Scholarship in Natural History
- 1908
- University of Melbourne - Lecturer and Demonstrator in Geology
- 1909
- Life Event - Marriage to Margaret Olive Usher
- 1924 - 1940
- University of Melbourne - Associate Professor Geology
- 1940 - 1944
- University of Melbourne - Professor of Geology and Mineralogy
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Online Resources
- Evans, Joanne, Summers, Herbert St John (1876 - 1963), Encyclopedia of Australian Science, eScholarship Research Centre, University of Melbourne, 2018, http://www.eoas.info/biogs/P003100b.htm. Details
Created: 18 December 2018