Person
Thomson, James Park (1854 - 1941)
- Born
- 20 June 1854
Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland - Died
- 10 May 1941
Kilcoy, Queensland, Australia - Occupation
- Geographer and Astronomer
Summary
James Thomson was the founder, in 1885, of Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, Queensland Branch, was president 1894-1897 and edited its "Journal". He had a private observatory and was responsible for the adoption of the zonal system for reckoning time.
Related entries
Archival resources
John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland
- James Park Thomson - Records, 1884 - 1931, OM65-21; John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland. Details
Published resources
Book Sections
- Kitson, W. S., 'Thomson, James Park (1854-1941), Geographer and Public Servant' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, John Ritchie, ed., vol. 12 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1990), p. 216. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120238b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Abbott, Robert, 'The maintenance of energy', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 1 (1889), 12-20. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8279620. Mentioned in the paper. Details
- Anderson, Peter E.; and Orchiston, Wayne, 'The Brisbane Astronomical Society (1896 to 1917), its six-inch refractor, and key members Dudley Eglinton and James Park Thomson', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 128 (2020), 143-66. Details
- Griggs, Peter D., 'The Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (Queensland) Inc.: the Thomson Years, 1885-1941', Royal Historical Society of Queensland, 13 (1) (1987), 1-19. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q11716783. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/92472828. Details
- 'Thomson, J P (1854-1941)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-521352. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 13 February 2018
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