Biographical entry Beavis, Francis Clifford (1924 - )

Summary

Francis Clifford Beavis was Professor of Engineering Geology at the University of New South Wales 1973-86. Earlier he was a senior lecturer at the University of Melbourne 1956-73 and had worked as an engineering geologist for the S.E.C. Victoria 1948-56. Beavis was educated at the Universities of Melbourne (BSc, PhD), Cambridge (MA), and New South Wales (LLB).

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Events

1948 - 1957

Career position - Engineering Geologist State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SEC)

1957 - 1973

Career position - Senior Lecturer in Geology at the University of Melbourne

1973 - 1979

Career position - Head of the School of Applied Geology at the University of New South Wales

1973 - 1986

Career position - Foundation Professor of Engineering Geology at the University of New South Wales

1978

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

1984

Career position - Head of the School of Applied Geology at the University of New South Wales

1986 -

Career position - Emeritus Professor of Engineering Geology at the University of New South Wales

1987 - 1994

Career position - Barrister at Law

1992 -

Career position - Consultant Geologist

Archival resources

Private hands (Beavis, F.C.)

• Francis Clifford Beavis - Records, 1858 - 1985; Private hands (Beavis, F.C.). Details

Published resources

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Beavis, F C', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-530496. Details