Biographical entry Davis, John King (1884 - 1967)

Summary

John King Davis was Chief Officer on the "Nimrod" during Shackleton's Antarctic expedition in 1909 and Master on the "Aurora" and second in command of the Australian Antarctic Expedition 1911-14. He later became Commonwealth Director of Navigation 1920-49. President of the Royal Society of Victoria 1945-46.

Related entries

Archival resources

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

• John King Davis - Records, 1884 - 1959, ML MSS 626; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection

• John King Davis - Records, 1884 - 1967, MS 8311/67; State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Bechervaise, John, 'Davis, John King (1884-1967), Antarctic Navigator', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 8, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1981, pp. 238-239. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080262b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• 'Davis, John King', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1462048. Details

See also

• Federation and Meteorology, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/fam/scripts/fam-dynindex.php3?EID=P001009. Details