Biographical entry David, Tannatt William Edgeworth (1858 - 1934)

Summary

(Sir) Tannatt William David was Professor of Geology, University of Sydney 1891-1924, a member of the second British Antarctic Expedition 1907-09. Earlier he was Assistant Geological Surveyor for the Geological Survey of New South Wales 1882-91.

Related entries

Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

• Tannatt William Edgeworth David - Records, 1907 - 1933, MS 5; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales

• Arthur Wilberforce Jose - Records, 1919 - 1925, A7273; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
• Baldwin Spencer - Records, 1880 - 1929, ML MSS 29; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
• Tannatt William Edgeworth David - Records, 1912 - 1950; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection

• Tannatt William Edgeworth David - Records, 1907 - 1909, MS 12213; State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection. Details
• Tannatt William Edgeworth David - Records, 16 February 1931, M5043; State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection. Details
• Tannatt William Edgeworth David - Records, 1938, MS 9456; State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection. Details

University of Sydney, Archives

• Tannatt William Edgeworth David - Records, 1870 - 1963, P 11; University of Sydney, Archives. Details

Published resources

Books

• Edgeworth David Day, Symposium, Geological Mapping of Two Southern Continents: the Geological Mapping of Australia - from David to 1:50000; the Geology of Antarctica - Exploration to Exploitation?, Edgeworth David Society, Sydney, 1988, 156 pp. Details
• BRANAGAN, David, T. W. Edgeworth David: a Life, National Library of Australia, Canberra, 2005, 648 pp. Details
• BRANAGAN, David, T.W. Edgeworth David: a Life, National Library of Australia, Canberra, 2005, 648 pp. Details
• Carey, S. Warren, Sir Edgeworth David Memorial Oration: Knight Errant of Science, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Melbourne, 1990, 74 pp. Details
• David, M. E., Professor David. The Life of Sir Edgeworth David, KBE, DSO, FRS, Arnold, London, 1937. Details
• David, T. W. E., University Science Teaching. in University of Sydney Record of Jubilee Celebrations, W. Brooks & Co, Sydney, 1903. Details
• Hobbs, W.H., Explorers of the Antarctic. "David. Discoverer of the South Magnetic Pole"., House of Field, New York, 1941, 47-123 pp. Details

Book Sections

• Branagan, D. F., 'Sir Tannatt William Edgeworth David, 1858-1934', in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2004. Details
• Vallance, T. G.; Branagan, D. F., 'David, Sir Tannatt William Edgeworth (1858-1934), Geologist', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 8, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1981, pp. 218-221. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080242b.htm. Details

Conference Papers

• Branagan, D. F., 'David's Early Work, and his Predecessors', in D. F. Branagan; G. S. Gibbons and K. S. Williams (eds), Edgeworth David Day Symposium: Geological Mapping of Two Southern Continents: the Geological Mapping of Australia - From David to 1:50000; the Geology of Antarctica-Exploration to Exploitation?, Edgeworth David Society, Sydney, 1988, pp. 5-10. Details

Journal Articles

• Branagan, D., 'Putting Geology on the Map: Edgeworth David and the Geology of the Commonwealth of Australia', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 5, no. 2, 1981, pp. 30-57. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9810520030.htm. Details
• Branagan, David, 'Seeking Edgeworth David, Knight in the Old Brown Hat', National Library of Australia News, vol. 9, no. 11, 1999, pp. 7-11. Details
• Browne, W. R., 'Sir Edgeworth David, 1858-1934', The Sydney University Gazette, vol. 1, 1958, pp. 214-216. Details
• Corney, B.G. and David, T.W.E, 'Note on the Edible Earth from Fiji', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, vol. 33, Acting Government Printer, Sydney, 1899, pp. 224-227. Details
• David, T. W. E., 'Archibald Liversidge', Journal of the Chemical Society, 1938, p. 589. Details
• David, T.W. Edgeworth, 'Note on the Origin of "Kerosene Shale"', The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, Linnean Society of New South Wales, Sydney, 1889, pp. 483-500. Details
• Priestley, R. E., 'Sir Edgeworth David', Australian Quaterly, vol. 10, no. 2, 1938, pp. 34-39. Details
• W.R.B. and H.J.C., 'Tannant William Edgeworth David, 1848-1934.', Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, vol. lxi, 1936, pp. 341-357. Details

Reviews

• Thompson, John, review of Branagan, David, T. W. Edgeworth David: a Life (2005), Australian Book Review, vol. 277, 2005, p. 51. Details

Online Resources

• 'David, Tannatt William Edgeworth - Ms 5', in Listing of Adolph Basser Library holdings, Australian Academy of Science, 1994, http://www.science.org.au/basser/manuscript-collection/ms005.html. Details
• 'David, Tannant William Edgeworth', 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/P000349p.htm. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'David, T W Edgeworth', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1288849. Details

See also

• Federation and Meteorology, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/fam/scripts/fam-dynindex.php3?EID=P000349. Details
• White, F. W.G., 'Robert Gordon Menzies (1894-1978)', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 5, no. 1, 1980, pp. 68-102. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9800510068.htm. Details