Biographical entry Walkom, Arthur Bache (1889 - 1976)

Summary

Arthur Bache Walkom was Director of the Australian Museum, 1940-1954.

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1910

Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Sydney

1912

Career position - Linnean Macleay Fellow in Geology of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

1913 - 1919

Career position - Assistant Lecturer in Geology at the University of Queensland

1914 - 1918

Career position - Editor of the Royal Society of Queensland's Proceedings

1915 - 1917

Career position - Honorary Palaeobotanist at the Queensland Museum

1916 - 1918

Career position - Honorary Secretary of the Royal Society of Queensland

1918

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

1918 - 1919

Career position - President of the Royal Society of Queensland

1919 - 1940

Career position - Secretary of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

1919 - 1966

Career position - Editor of the Linnean Society of New South Wales' Proceedings

1919 - 1976

Career position - Life member of the Royal Society of New South Wales

1922 - 1929

Career position - Editor of the Australian Nation Research Council's Australian Science Abstracts

1926 - 1947

Career position - General Secretary of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science (later the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS))

1929

Career position - Attended a meeting of the International Geological Congress in South Africa

1933

Career position - Attended a meeting of the International Geological Congress in Washington, USA

1937 - 1940

Career position - Secretary of the Australian National Research Council

1939 - 1954

Career position - Trustee of the Australian Museum

1940 - 1954

Career position - Director of the Australian Museum

1941 - 1942

Career position - President of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

1942 - 1970

Career position - Treasurer of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

1943

Career position - President of the Royal Society of New South Wales

1947 - 1954

Career position - Served on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's Australian committee for museums

1947 - 1954

Career position - Served on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's Australian national advisory committee

1948

Career position - Attended the third General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in Beirut, Lebanon

1948

Award - Clarke Medal received from the Royal Society of New South Wales

1949

Career position - Delegate at science congresses in New Zealand

1949 - 1951

Career position - President of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science

1951

Career position - Delegate at science congresses in Bangalore, India

1952 - 1966

Career position - Honorary Secretary of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

1953

Award - Bronze Medal received from the Royal Society of New South Wales

1955 - 1976

Career position - Life member of ANZAAS

1970

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

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Published resources

Book Sections

• Brazier, Jan, 'Walkom, Arthur Bache (1889-1976), Palaeobotanist and Museum Director', in John Ritchie and Diane Langmore (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 16, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 2002, pp. 469-470. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A160561b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Walkom, A.B., 'Memorial to Ernest Clayton Andrews', Proceedings Volume of the Geological Society of America Annual Report for 1948, 1949, pp. 117-126. Details

Online Resources

• 'Walkom, A B', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-636605. Details