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Biographical entry Thomson, James Park (1854 - 1941)
- Born
- 20 June 1854
Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland - Died
- 10 May 1941
Kilcoy, Queensland, Australia - Occupation
- Geographer and Astronomer
Summary
James Park Thomson was the founder, in 1885, of Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, Queensland Branch, was president 1894-97 and edited its "Journal". He had a private observatory and was responsible for the adoption of the zonal system for reckoning time.
Archival resources
John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland
- James Park Thomson - Records, 1884 - 1931, OM65-21; John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland. Details
Published resources
Book Sections
- Kitson, W. S., 'Thomson, James Park (1854-1941), Geographer and Public Servant', in John Ritchie (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 12, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1990, p. 216. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120238b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Griggs, Peter D., 'The Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (Queensland) Inc.: the Thomson Years, 1885-1941', Royal Historical Society of Queensland, vol. 13, no. 1, 1987, pp. 1-19. Details
Online Resources
- 'Thomson, J P', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-521352. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 7 August 2006
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