Person
Jensen, Harald Ingemann (1879 - 1966)
- Born
- 1879
Aarhus, Jutland, Denmark - Died
- 13 July 1966
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - Occupation
- Botanical collector, Geologist and Soil expert
Summary
Harald Jenson was Director of Mines and Chief Geologist of the Northern Territory from 1912 to 1916. He was then made Geologist for the Queensland government (1917-1922) and a member of the Aerial Geological and Geographical Survey of Northern Australia. Jensen also had a keen interest in the flora, of the sites of his geological research, particularly those of the eucalypt genus. He collected specimens in the Northern Territory, Queensland and New South Wales.
Details
Chronology
- 1904 - 1908
- Award - Macleay Fellow of the Linnean Society of New South Wales
- 1909
- Award - David Syme Research Prize, University of Melbourne
- 1909 - 1912
- Career position - Soil chemist and soil surveyor, Department of Agriculture of New South Wales
- 1912 - 1916
- Career position - Chief Government geologist of the Northern Territory
- 1917
- Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus blakelyi Maiden. Jensen collected the type
- 1917 - 1922
- Career position - Government Geologist of Queensland (Acting)
- 1922
- Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus umbrawarrensis Maiden. Jensen collected the type
- 1922
- Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus jensenii Maiden, of which Jensen collected the type, was named in Jensen's honour
- 1922 - 1938
- Career position - Freelance consulting geologist
- 1931
- Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus tenuipes Blakely & White. Jensen collected the type
- 1938 - 1940
- Career position - Senior geologist in the Aerial Geophysical Survey of Northern Australia
Related entries
Archival resources
Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science
- Harald Ingemann Jensen - Records, 1908 - 1964, MS 009; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details
Fryer Library and Department of Special Collections, University of Queensland
- Harald Ingemann Jensen - Records, 1916 - 1955, MSS 41; Fryer Library and Department of Special Collections, University of Queensland. Details
John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland
- Harald Ingemann Jensen - Records, 1905 - 1965, OM69-29; John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland. Details
National Archives of Australia, National Office
- Harald Ingemann Jensen - Records, 1915 - 1919, CRS A2, A3 and others; National Archives of Australia, National Office. Details
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- McCarthy, Gavan; Smith, Ailie; Moje, Christine; Rigby, Rebecca, The Study of Australian Eucalypts, eScholarship Research Centre, 2013, http://www.eoas.info/eucalypts/index.html. Details
- Smith, Ailie, Adolph Basser Library Manuscript Collection, eScholarship Research Centre, 2012, http://www.eoas.info/basser_browse.html. Details
Book Sections
- McFarlane, B. J., 'Jensen, Harald Ingemann (1879-1966), Geologist and Socialist Pamphleteer' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds, vol. 9 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1983), pp. 480-481. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090474b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5653823. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/271119342. Details
- 'Jensen, H I (1879-1879)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-563469. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Jensen, Harald Ingemann - Ms 9', in Listing of Adolph Basser Library holdings, Australian Academy of Science, 1994, http://www.science.org.au/basser/manuscript-collection/ms009.html. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 13 February 2018
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