Person
Glover, Joseph John Edmund (John) (1924 - 2020)
- Born
- 14 July 1924
Mt Barker, Western Australia, Australia - Died
- 11 February 2020
Perth, Western Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Geologist and University Administrator
- Alternative Names
- Glover, John (Also known as)
Summary
John Glover was a geologist whose expertise was in sedimentary petrology and geoarchaeology. For much of his career he was at the Department of Geology at the University of Western Australia, being Head of the Department from 1985 to 1988. His research was notable for its cross-disciplinary collaborations: he often worked with archaeologists, geographers and historians. Over a period of more that 20 years these collaborations resulted in a series of papers on the provenance of Aboriginal artefacts during last sea-level lowstand. Glover was active in professional organisations, being President of the Royal Society of Western Australia from 1961 to 1962 and Chairman of the Western Australian Division of the Geological Society of Australia. For long periods he was Editor of the journals produced by these organisations. His extensive publications included books on the history of geology and geologists in Western Australia.
Details
Chronology
- 1943 - 1945
- Career position - Served with the Royal Australian Air Force
- 1947
- Education - BSc (hons), University of Western Australia
- 1949 - 1953
- Career position - Geologist, Bureau of Mineral Resources
- 1950
- Award - Fulbright Scholarship
- 1952 -
- Career position - Foundation Member, Geological Society of Australia
- 1953
- Education - PhD, University of California, Berkeley, California, U.S.A.
- 1953 - 1955
- Career position - Geologist (later Senior Geologist), Associated Australian Oilfields
- 1955 - ?
- Career position - Lecturer in petrology, University of Western Australia
- 1958 - 1963
- Career position - Editor, Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia
- 1961 - 1962
- Career position - President, Royal Society of Western Australia
- 1968 - 1969
- Career position - Chairman, Western Australian Division, Geological Society of Australia
- 1970 - 1973
- Career position - Editor, Journal of the Geological Society of Australia
- 1985 - 1986
- Career position - Chairman, Australian Council of Chairmen of Earth Sciences Departments
- 1985 - 1988
- Career position - Head, Department of Geology, University of Western Australia
- 1990
- Life event - Retired
- 1990 - 2014
- Career position - Senior Honorary Research Fellow, University of Western Australia
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Published resources
Books
- Glover, John; with Bevan, Jenny, The Forgotten Explorers: Pioneer geologists of Western Australia, 1826-1926 (Victoria Park, W.A.: Hesperian Press, 2010), 246 pp. Details
Book Sections
- Glover, John, 'Henry William Beamish Talbot, field geologist and explorer' in Geological journeys: from artifacts to zircons, Bevan, J., ed. (Perth: Geological Society of Australia (Western Australian Division), 2003), pp. 152-5. Details
- Glover, John, 'Geology at the University of Western Australia: the difficult years' in Geological journeys: from artifacts to zircons (Perth: Geological Society of Australia (Western Australian Division), 2003), pp. 132-4. Details
Journals
- Glover, John, ed., 'Lieutenant Benjamin Franklin Helpman', WAG: West Australian Geologist, 488 (June/July), 2011, 9-11 pp. Details
Journal Articles
- Bevan, Jenny; and Haig, David, 'Joseph John Edmund Glover BSc (Hons, UWA), PhD (UC, Berkeley), Honorary Member RSWA 14th July 1924 - 11th February 2020', Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, 103 (2020), 48-9. Details
- Glover, John, 'F. T. Gregory and the foundation of the Western Australian pearling industry', WAG: Western Australian geologist, 491 (Oct/Nov) (2011), 6-8. Details
- Glover, John, 'Captain Joshua S Dixon and His Contribution to FT Gregory's Final Expedition in Western Australia', WAG: West Australian Geologist, 489 (Aug/Sept) (2011), 11-2. Details
Helen Cohn
Created: 31 May 2022