Biographical entry Cotton, Leo Arthur (1883 - 1963)

Summary

Leo Arthur Cotton was appointed Professor of Geology and Physical Geography at the University of Sydney 1925-48 after being associated with the department from 1908.

Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

• Leo Arthur Cotton - Records, 1907 - 1920, MS 142; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

University of Sydney, Archives

• Leo Arthur Cotton - Records, 1908 - 1964, P 45; University of Sydney, Archives. Details

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science Exhibitions

• Smith, Ailie, Adolph Basser Library Manuscript Collection, eScholarship Research Centre, 2012, http://www.eoas.info/basser_browse.html. Details

Book Sections

• Nairn, Bede, 'Cotton, Frank Stanley (1890-1955)', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 8, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1981, pp. 119-120. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080684b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Blackburn, G., 'Arthur Cotton and Irrigation in Tasmania 1839-1843', Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, vol. 119, 1985, pp. 1-5. Details
• Browne, W. R., 'Obituary - Professor L. A. Cotton', Australian Journal of Science, vol. 26, no. 3, 1963, pp. 81-82. Details
• Cotton, Leo A., 'Obituary: Carl Adolf Sussmilch', Australian Journal of Science, vol. 9, no. 6, 1947, p. 213. Details
• Cotton, Leo A., 'Obituary: Ernest Clayton Andrews', Australian Journal of Science, vol. 11, no. 2, 1948, pp. 48-49. Details

Online Resources

• 'Cotton, Leo Arthur - Ms 142', in Listing of Adolph Basser Library holdings, Australian Academy of Science, 1994, http://www.science.org.au/basser/manuscript-collection/ms142.html. Details
• 'Cotton, Leo Arthur', 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/P000327p.htm. Details
• 'Cotton, Leo Arthur', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1463829. Details