Biographical entry Whitehouse, Frederick William (1900 - 1973)

Summary

Frederick William Whitehouse was Associate Professor of Geology, University of Queensland 1949-55.

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Events

1922

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

1924

Education - Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Queensland

1925

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of Cambridge, UK

1925 - 1955

Career position - Worked intermittently as Queensland Government Geologist

1926 - 1955

Career position - Worked intermittently as Lecturer in Geology at the University of Queensland

1929

Career position - President of the Queensland Naturalists' Club and Nature-Lovers' League

1939

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

1940 - 1941

Career position - President of the Royal Society of Queensland

7 July 1941

Career position - Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force

1942 - 1943

Career position - Served with the Royal Australian Engineers, using his geological knowledge for road-building in Queensland and New Guinea

1944 - 1945

Career position - Served in the Royal Australian Engineers, formulating procedures for amphibious assaults across coral reefs

21 December 1945

Career position - Demobilised

1946 - 1947

Career position - Seconded to the Department of the Coordinator-General of Public Works

1949 - 1955

Career position - Associate Professor of Geology at the University of Queensland

1972 - 1973

Career position - President of the Anthropological Society of Queensland

Archival resources

University of Queensland, Geology Department Library

• Frederick William Whitehouse - Records, 1949 - 1955; University of Queensland, Geology Department Library. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Chapman, Richard E., 'Whitehouse, Frederick William (1900-1973), Geologist', in John Ritchie and Diane Langmore (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 16, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 2002, p. 538. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A160640b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Whitehouse, F W', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1306633. Details