Biographical entry Simpson, Edward Sydney (1875 - 1939)

Summary

Edward Sydney Simpson, having just completed his BE in mining and metallurgy at the University of Sydney, was appointed the inaugural mineralogist and assayer to the Geological Survey of Western Australia in 1897. He was given control of the combined laboratories of the Health, Agriculture and Mines Departments in 1922 and these became the Government Chemical Laboratories. He was awarded a DSc by the University of Western Australia in 1919. His major monograph, the definitive "Minerals of Western Australia" was completed after his death by others and published in three volumes in 1948, 1951 and 1952.

Archival resources

State Records Office of Western Australia

• Edward Sydney Simpson - Records, 1896 - 1939, ACC 2776, AN 539; State Records Office of Western Australia. Details

Western Australian Museum

• Edward Sydney Simpson - Records, 1900 - 1939; Western Australian Museum. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Prider, Rex T., 'Simpson, Edward Sydney (1875-1939), Mineralogist and Geochemist', in Geoffrey Serle (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 11, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1988, pp. 610-611. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110626b.htm. Details

Conference Papers

• Laporte, L. F., 'Austrlia's Place in Simpson's Biogeography', in D. F. Branagan and G. H. McNally (eds), Useful and Curious Geological Enquiries beyond the World: Pacific-Asia Historical Themes: The 19^th International INHIGEO Symposium, Sydney, Australia, 4-8 July, 1994, International Commission on the History of Geological Sciences, Sydney, 1994, pp. 7-13. Details

Journal Articles

• 'Obituary: Dr. E. S. Simpson', Australian Journal of Science, vol. 2, no. 2, 1939, p. 50. Details
• Hall, Edgar and Simpson, Edward S., 'The Russell Process (of Silver Lixiviation) in Australia', Report of the Seventh Meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, vol. 7, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, Sydney, 1898, pp. 307-327. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Simpson, Edward S', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-638903. Details