Person
Denmead, Alan Knox (1902 - 1994)
- Born
- 5 December 1902
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 30 August 1994
- Occupation
- Geologist
Summary
Alan Denmead worked for the Geological Survey of Queensland 1927 - 1967, from 1956 as Chief Government Geologist. As Chief he instigated an extensive program of geological mapping and coal resource evaluation , and oversaw an increase in bauxite mining, alumina refining, and research into oil and gas production. He was a close friend and collaborator of Professor Dorothy Hill of the University of Queensland, with whom he co-edited Geology of Queensland in 1960. Denmead was a member of both the Royal Society of Queensland and the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. In 1991 the Queensland Division of the Geological Society of Australia established the annual A. K. Denmead Lecture in recognition of his services to geology in Queensland and to the Society.
Details
Chronology
- 1926
- Education - BSc, University of Queensland
- 1928
- Education - MSc, University of Queensland
- 1946 - 1950
- Career position - District Geologist, Charters Towers, Geological Survey of Queensland
- 1950 - 1956
- Career position - Assistant Chief Government Geologist, Geological Survey of Queensland
- 1952
- Career position - Foundation member, Geological Society of Australia
- 1956 - 1967
- Career position - Chief Government Geologist, Geological Survey of Queensland
- 1962 - 1963
- Career position - Federal President, Geological Society of Australia
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Published resources
Books
- Hill, D.; and Denmead, A. K., The geology of Queensland ([Melbourne]: Melbourne University Press for Geological Society of Australia, 1960), 474 pp. Details
Edited Books
- Denmead, A. K.; Tweedale, G. W.; and Wilson, A. F. eds, The Tasman geosyncline: a symposium ([Brisbane]: Geological Society of Australia, Queensland Division, 1974), 409 pp. Details
Journal Articles
- Day, R. W.; and Murray, C. G., 'Alan Knox Denmead (1902 - 1994)', The Australian geologist, 94 (1995), 75-6. Details
- Denmead, A. K., 'An appreciation [of C. C. Morton]', Queensland Government Mining Journal, 56 (1955), 828-9. Details
- Denmead, A. K., 'Portrait of a scientist: Dorothy Hill', Earth science reviews, 8 (3) (1972), 351-63. Details
- Denmead, A.K., 'The Chiefs of the Geological Survey of Queensland From 1899 to 1955', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, lxviii (10) (1956), 51-60. Details
- Denmead, A.K., 'The Present Statuts of Geology in Queensland', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 73 (1962), 1-16. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q27491537. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/91595249. Details
- 'Denmead, A K (1902-1994)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-478405. Details
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Created: 30 June 1997, Last modified: 13 September 2022