Person

Richards, Henry Caselli (1884 - 1947)

HonMIEAust

Born
16 December 1884
Melton, Victoria, Australia
Died
13 June 1947
Occupation
Geologist, University Administrator and Chemist

Summary

Henry Richards was a geologist who after some industry experience became Lecturer in geology at the University of Queensland and its first Professor of Geology from 1919 to 1947. He made a considerable impact on the University, both within his Department, and as Dean of Science, Member of the University's Senate and Deputy Chancellor. For the Queensland Government he made significant contributions to agencies such as the Royal Commission into Mining and the Artesian Water Commission. Richards was heavily involved in a wide range of other scientific organisations. As Chairman of the Great Barrier Reef Committee he was closely involved with early boring activities, the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928 - 1929, and the establishment of the Heron Island Research Station. He was a strong advocate for the establishment of a federal geological body, was for ten years a member of the Australian National Research Council, and served two terms as President of the Royal Society of Queensland.

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Chronology

1906
Education - BSc, University of Melbourne
1906 - 1907
Career position - Geologist, Geological Survey of Victoria
1907 - 1908
Career position - Metallurgical Superintendent, De Bavya Treatment Co, Broken Hill
1908 - 1910
Career position - Demonstrator, University of Melbourne
1909
Education - MSc, University of Melbourne
1910 - 1911
Career position - Teacher, Chemistry, Geology and Mining Department, Central Technical College, Brisbane
1911 - 1919
Career position - Lecturer in geology, University of Queensland
1913
Career position - President, Royal Society of Queensland
1917
Career position - Honorary Petrologist and Mineralogist, Queensland Museum
1919 - 1947
Career position - Inaugural Professor of Geology, University of Queensland
1921 - 1932
Career position - Foundation Councillor (Geology), Australian National Research Council
1924
Career position - President, Section C (Geology and Mineralogy), Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science
1925 - 1947
Career position - Chairman, Great Barrier Reef Committee
1926 - 1932
Career position - Member of the Senate, University of Queensland
1927
Career position - Member, Oil Advisory Board, Queensland Mines Department
1929
Career position - Member, Royal Commission into Mining in Queensland
1932 - 1933
Career position - Member, Survey of Australian and New Zealand Museums and Art Galleries for the Carnegie Corporation, New York
1933
Career position - Member, Queensland Bureau of Industry
1935 - 1938
Career position - Chairman, Mining Commission, Queensland Bureau of Industry
1937
Award - Clarke Memorial Lecturer, Royal Society of New South Wales
1938 - ?
Career position - Member, Queensland Artesian Water Commission
1938
Award - Clarke Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales
1938
Career position - President, Royal Society of Queensland
1938 - 1945
Career position - Member, Board of Trustees, Queensland Art Gallery
1941
Award - Honorary Member (HonMIEAust), Institution of Engineers, Australia. - Long record of association with scientific progress including engineering geology
1943 - 1947
Career position - Member of the Senate, University of Queensland
1944 - 1946
Career position - Deputy Chancellor, University of Queensland
1945 - 1947
Career position - President, Board of Trustees, Queensland Art Gallery
1951
Education - DSc, University of Melbourne

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Archival resources

John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland

  • Henry Caselli Richards - Records, 1922 - 1927; John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland. Details

The University of Queensland Archives

  • Henry Caselli Richards - Records, 1911 - 1947; The University of Queensland Archives. Details

University of Queensland, Geology Department Library

  • Henry Caselli Richards - Records, 1933 - 1936; University of Queensland, Geology Department Library. Details

Published resources

Books

  • Gregory, Helen, Vivant Professores: Distinguished Members of the University of Queensland, 1910-1940 (St Lucia: University of Queensland Library, 1987), 180 pp. Details

Book Sections

Journal Articles

  • Bryan, W. H., 'Obituary: Professor H. C. Richards', Australian Journal of Science, 10 (1) (1947), 13-14. Details
  • Bryan, W. H., 'H. C. Richards Memorial Address', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, lix (5) (1947), 141-150. Details
  • Hill, Dorothy, 'The First Fifty Years of the Department of Geology of the University of Queensland', University of Queensland, Department of Geology, 10 (1) (1981), 1-68. Details
  • Institution of Engineers Australia, 'Twenty-second Annual Report [1941]', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 14 (1942), 35-41. 'Honorary Membership of The Institution, awarded to Professor H C Richards, DSc, Professor of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Queensland', p.39. Details
  • Richards, H. C. and Hill, D., 'Great Barrier Reef bores, 1926 and 1937: description, analyses, interpretations', Report of the Great Barrier Reef Committee, 5 (1942), 1-111. Details
  • Richards, Henry C, 'The Development of Petrology During the Present Century. Presidential Address.', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, xxvi (1914), 1-11. Details
  • Richards, Henry C., 'The building stones of Queensland', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 30 (8) (1918), 97-157. Details

Resources

See also

  • Thomis, Malcolm Ian, A Place of Light and Learning: the University of Queensland's First Seventy-Five Years (St Lucia (Qld): University of Queensland Press, 1985), 429 pp. Details

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