Biographical entry Glaessner, Martin Fritz (1906 - 1989)

Summary

Martin Glaessner was the Professor of Geology and Palaeontology at the University of Adelaide, 1964-1971. He was born and educated in Austria, and worked in Europe and Russia, and on oil exploration in the Middle-East and New Guinea prior coming to Australia in 1950. His book, Principles of Micropalaeontology, was published in 1945.

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1923 - 1932

Career position - Research Associate in the Department of Geology at the Natural History Museum in Vienna

1929

Education - LID completed at the University of Vienna, Austria

1930 - 1931

Career position - Lecturer in Economic Geology at the Volkshochschule in Vienna

1930 - 1931

Career position - Researcher of fossil Crustacea at the British Museum (Natural History), London

1931

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of Vienna

1932 - 1937

Career position - Senior Research Officer and Chief of the Micropalaeontological Laboratory at the Moscow Petroleum Institute (Institute of Mineral Fuels, Academy of Science of the USSR from 1934)

1936 - 1937

Career position - Senior Research Officer (part-time) at the Palaeontological Institute, Academy of Science of the USSR

1936 - 1937

Career position - Lecturer in Palaeontology at the Petroleum Institute in Moscow

1938 - 1942

Career position - Geologist with the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company and later Head of the palaeontological laboratory of the Australasian Petroleum Company in Port Moresby

1942 - 1945

Career position - Voluntary worker for Directorate of Research, LHQ Australian Military Forces and for Allied Geographical Section, Melbourne

1942 - 1950

Career position - Chief Palaeontologist at the Australasian Petroleum Company

1946

Career position - Special Lecturer in Micropalaeontology at the University of Melbourne

1948

Education - Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of Melbourne

1950 - 1951

Career position - Senior Lecturer in Palaeontology at the University of Adelaide

1951 -

Award - Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (FANZAAS)

1952

Career position - Reader in Palaeontology at the University of Adelaide

1953 - 1954

Career position - Reader in Geology and Palaeontology at the University of Adelaide

1957 -

Award - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

1962

Award - Walter Burfitt Prize received from the Royal Society of New South Wales

1962 - 1977

Career position - Chairman of the Australian Academy of Science National Committee for Geological Sciences

1964 -

Career position - Professor (to 1971) then Emeritus Professor in Geology and Palaeontology at the University of Adelaide

1970

Award - Verco Medal received from the Royal Society of South Australia

1971 -

Award - Fellow of the German Academy of Natural Sciences Leopoldina

1980

Award - ANZAAS Medal received (Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science)

1982

Award - Charles Doolittle Walcott Award and Medal received from the US National Academy of Sciences

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Published resources

Conference Papers

• Turner, S. and Vickers-Rich, P, 'Reg Sprigg, Martin F. Glaessner, Mary Wade and the Ediacaran Fauna', in IGCP 493 Conference, Prato Workshop, Monash University Centre. August 30-31, 2004, 2004, p. 1. Details

Journal Articles

• Glaessner, M. F., 'Obituary: Walter James Parr', Australian Journal of Science, vol. 12, no. 6, 1950, p. 211. Details
• Glaessner, M. F., 'Obituary: Sir Harold Raggatt: 1900-1968', Australian Journal of Science, vol. 32, no. 10, 1970, pp. 398-399. Details
• Glaessner, M. F. , Shergold, J. H. and Teichert, C., 'Armin Alexander Öpik 1898-1983', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 6, no. 2, 1985, pp. 267-276. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9850620267.htm. Details
• McGowran, B., 'Martin Fritz Glaessner 1906-1989', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 10, no. 1, 1994, pp. 61-81. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9941010061.htm. Details

Online Resources

• McGowran, Brian, 'Martin Fritz Glaessner 1906-1989', in Australian Academy of Science Biographical Memoirs, Australian Academy of Science, 2006, http://www.science.org.au/fellows/memoirs/glaessner.html. Details
• 'Glaessner, Martin F', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-620469. Details