Person
Beavis, Francis Clifford (1924 - 2006)
- Born
- 1 August 1924
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 5 May 2006
late of Cowra, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Geologist, Palaeontologist and Lawyer
Summary
Frank Beavis MA BSc PhD LLB FGS, was Professor of Engineering Geology at the University of New South Wales 1973-1986. Earlier he was a senior lecturer at the University of Melbourne 1956-1973 and had worked as an engineering geologist for the State Electricity Commission of Victoria 1948-1956. Beavis was educated at the Universities of Melbourne (BSc, PhD), Cambridge (MA), and New South Wales (LLB).
Details
Chronology
- 1948 - 1957
- Career position - Engineering Geologist, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SEC)
- 1957 - 1973
- Career position - Senior Lecturer, Geology, University of Melbourne
- 1960
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Melbourne
- 1973 - 1979
- Career position - Head of the School of Applied Geology, University of New South Wales
- 1973 - 1986
- Career position - Foundation Professor of Engineering Geology, University of New South Wales
- 1978
- Career position - President, Royal Society of New South Wales
- 1984 - 1986
- Career position - Head of the School of Applied Geology, University of New South Wales
- 1985
- Career event - Published Text Book: Engineering Geology
- 1986 -
- Career position - Emeritus Professor of Engineering Geology, University of New South Wales
- 1987 - 1994
- Career position - Barrister at Law
- 1992 -
- Career position - Consultant Geologist
Related entries
Archival resources
Private hands (Beavis, F.C.)
- Francis Clifford Beavis - Records, 1858 - 1985; Private hands (Beavis, F.C.). Details
Published resources
Books
- Beavis, F. C., Engineering geology (Melbourne: Blackwell, 1985), 231 pp. Details
Journal Articles
- Beavis, F. C., 'Engineering Geology of Farm Water Storages [Presidential Address 1979]', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 112 (1979), 1-6, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46196894. Details
Resources
- 'Beavis, F C (1924-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-530496. Details
Theses
- Beavis, Francis Cliffford, 'The geology of the Kiewa area, with particular reference to structure', PhD thesis, University of Melbourne, 1960, 319 pp. Details
Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 8 February 2024
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