Person
Anderson, Charles (1876 - 1944)
- Born
- 5 December 1876
Moa, Orkney Islands, Scotland - Died
- 25 October 1944
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Mineralogist and Museum curator
Summary
Charles Anderson was Director, Australian Museum, Sydney, 1921-1940. He was originally appointed mineralogist in 1901 and conducted research into morphological crystallography and the chemistry of minerals in Australia.
Details
Chronology
- 1898
- Education - Master of Arts (MA) completed at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland
- 1900
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Edinburgh
- 1900 - 1901
- Career position - Director of the Ben Nevis Observatory in Scotland
- 1901 - 1921
- Career position - Mineralogist for the Australian Museum in Sydney
- 1908
- Education - Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of Edinburgh
- 1921 - 1940
- Career position - Director of the Australian Museum
- 1923 - 1924
- Career position - Lecturer in Crystallography at the University of Sydney
- 1924
- Career position - President of the Royal Society of New South Wales
- 1930 - 1931
- Career position - President of the Anthropological Society of New South Wales
- 1932 - 1933
- Career position - President of the Linnean Society of New South Wales
- 1941 - 1942
- Career position - President of the Geographical Society of New South Wales
- 1942 - 1944
- Career position - Communications Censorship
Related entries
Archival resources
Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales
- Charles Anderson - Records, 1938; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
Private hands (Aurousseau, M.)
- Charles Anderson - Records, c. 1900 - c. 1944; Private hands (Aurousseau, M.). Details
Published resources
Book Sections
- Chalmers, R. O, 'Anderson, Charles (1876-1944), museum director' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds, vol. 7 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1979), pp. 51-52. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070055b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- A., C. [ie Anderson, Charles], 'Biographical notice of W. W. Thorpe', Australian Museum magazine, 4 (12) (1932), 416-7. Details
- A., C. [ie Anderson, Charles], 'Obituary: William Sutherland Dun', Australian Museum Magazine, 5 (9) (1935), 304. Details
- Anderson, C.; and Whitley, Gilbert P., 'Allan Riverstone McCulloch, 1885 - 1925 [obituary and bibliography]', Records of the Australian Museum, 15 (2) (1926), 141-8. http://dx.doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.15.1926.804. Details
- Anon, 'Charles Anderson', Records of the Australian Museum, 21 (6) (1945), 279-82. Details
- Chalmers, Oliver, 'Minerals in the Australian Museum - 1901 to 1945', Records of the Australian Museum, supplement, 15 (1992), 111-28. Details
- Smith, T. Hodge, 'Obituary: Dr. Charles Anderson', Australian Journal of Science, 7 (3) (1944), 87-88. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5075122. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/944148390822110830007. Details
- 'Anderson, Charles (1876-1944)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1469521. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 3 February 2010
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