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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes updated 2026-05-05 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000497b.htm person Hills Edwin Sherbon FAA FRS CBE AACR2 31 August 1906 2 May 1986 Place of Birth Carlton, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Geologist University Administrator Edwin Hills was Lecturer in Geology 1932-1944, Professor of Geology and Mineralogy 1944-1962, Research Professor and Deputy Vice-Chancellor 1962-1971, at the University of Melbourne. His interests were wide ranging and included fossil fishes, physiography, mineralogy and petrology, structure, tectonics and morphotectonics, and economic geology. 1928 1928 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne 1929 1929 Award - 1851 Exhibition Overseas Scholarship 1929 1929 Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Melbourne 1929 1929 Career position - Demonstrator in Geology, University of Melbourne 1931 1931 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London 1932 1938 Career position - Lecturer in Geology, University of Melbourne 1938 1938 Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Melbourne 1938 1942 Career position - Acting Senior Lecturer (to 1940) then Senior Lecturer in Geology, University of Melbourne 1940 1940 Award - David Syme Research Prize (jointly), University of Melbourne 1942 1942 Award - Wollaston Fund Award, Geological Society of London 1942 1943 Career position - Associate Professor of Geology, University of Melbourne 1943 1944 Military service - Second World War. Geologist at the North Australia Observer Unit, Directorate of Army Research 1944 1971 Career position - Professor of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Melbourne 1947 1947 Career position - President of Section P (Geography), Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science 1947 1948 Career position - Dean of Science, University of Melbourne 1947 1956 Career position - Chairman, Editorial Committee, Royal Society of Victoria 1951 1951 Award - Bigsby Medal, Geological Society of London 1952 1955 Career position - Chairman, Interim Council and then Foundation President of the Geological Society of Australia 1953 1953 Career event - Petitioner for the Australian Academy of Science 1954 1986 Award - Fellow, The Royal Society, London (FRS) 1954 1986 Award - Founding Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA) 1955 1956 Career position - President, Royal Society of Victoria 1959 1962 Career position - Chairman, Professorial Board and Pro-Vice-Chancellor 1959 1968 Career position - Chairman, National Committee on Hydrology, Australian Academy of Science 1960 1986 Award - Honorary Life Member, Institute of Australian Geographers 1962 1968 Career position - Chairman, Board of Trustees of the National Museum of Victoria 1962 1971 Career position - Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Univerity of Melbourne 1964 1971 Career position - Research Professor of Geology 1967 1967 Award - Honorary Fellow, Geological Society of London 1968 1968 Award - Lomonosov Medal, University of Moscow 1970 1978 Career position - Chairman, National Committee for Quaternary Research, Australian Academy of Science 1971 1971 Award - Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) - For service to geology 1972 Career position - Emeritus Professor, University of Melbourne 1977 1978 Career position - Chairman, Commission on the Teaching of Geology, International Union of Geological Sciences 1979 1979 Award - W.R. Browne Award, Geological Society of Australia 1985 1985 Career position - Member, Royal Society of Sciences of Uppsala David Syme Research Prize, The University of Melbourne (1904 - )

Awarded the Prize (jointly) 1940

 Geological Society of Australia Inc (1952 - )

Chairman of the Interim Council ; Foundation President 1952 - 1955

 Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS) (1930 - )

President, Geography Section 1947

 Australian Army (1903 - )

Captain with the North Australian Observer Unit, Directorate of Army Research in the 1943 - c.1944

 The University of Melbourne (1853 - )

Research Professor of Geology 1964 - 1971; Emeritus Professor 1972 - c.1986; Dean, Faculty of Science 1947 - 1948; Deputy Vice-Chancellor 1962 - 1971

 National Museum of Victoria (1858 - 1983)

Chairman, Board of Trustees 1962 - 1968

 Royal Society of Victoria (1859 - )

President 1955 -1956; Chairman Editorial committee 1947 - 1956

 Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )

Petitioner for the Academy 1953, Founding Fellow 1954 - 1986; Chairman, National Committee on Hydrology 1959 - 1968; Chairman, National Committee for Quaternary Research 1970 - 1978

 W. R. Browne Award, Geological Society of Australia (1979 - )

Received the Award 1979

 1851 Exhibition Scholarship Awards, Australia (1891 - )

1851 Exhibition Overseas Scholarship: 1929.

 Institute of Australian Geographers (1959 - )

Honorary Life Member 1960 - 1986

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 'Hills, Edwin Sherbon', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Hills, Edwin Sherbon Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Professor Edwin Sherbon Hills: His Palaeontological Works Turner, S.; and Long, J.A Professor Edwin Sherbon Hills: His Palaeontological Works Melbourne Memorial Volume Committee/Blackwoods 1989 Pathways in Geology : Essays in Honour of Edwin Sherbon Hill Le Maitre, R.W. 41-51 Book Section: Hills, Edwin Sherborn (1906-1986), Geologist Archbold, N.W. Hills, Edwin Sherborn (1906-1986), Geologist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2007 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 17: 1981 - 1990 A-K Diane Langmore 533-534 Journal Article: Edwin Sherbon Hills, 1906-1986 Hill, Dorothy Edwin Sherbon Hills, 1906-1986 1987 Historical Records of Australian Science 7 1 79-95 Resource Section: Primary description of person CP 175; Edwin Sherbon Hills Primary description of person CP 175; Edwin Sherbon Hills National Archives of Australia 2000 RecordSearch Resource Section: Hills, Edwin Sherbon - Ms 92 Hills, Edwin Sherbon - Ms 92 Australian Academy of Science 1994 Listing of Adolph Basser Library holdings Book Section: Professor Edwin Sherbon Hills: His Palaeontological Works Turner, S.; and Long, J.A Professor Edwin Sherbon Hills: His Palaeontological Works 1986 A Small Collection of Informal Essays Prepared by Friends and Colleagues and Intended for Presentation to Prof. E.S. Hills on What Would have been his Eightieth Anniversary of his Birthday 31 August, 1986 Twidale, R. 1-14 Resource: Guide to the Records of Edwin Sherbon Hills Guide to the Records of Edwin Sherbon Hills Australian Science Archives Project 1993 Resource: Edwin Sherbon Hills Guide to Records Sherratt, Tim; McCarthy, Gavan Edwin Sherbon Hills Guide to Records Melbourne Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre 2004 Journal Article: David Evan Thomas (1902-1978) Hills, E. S. David Evan Thomas (1902-1978) 1981 Historical Records of Australian Science 5 2 90-96 Journal Article: Royal Society of Victoria - Approaching Centenary Hills, E. S. Royal Society of Victoria - Approaching Centenary 1957 Australian Journal of Science 19 4 144-145 Journal Article: William Noel Benson Hills, E. S. William Noel Benson 1958 Biographical memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 4 27-33 Book: Physiography of Victoria : an introduction to geomorphology Hills, E. Sherborn Physiography of Victoria : an introduction to geomorphology Marrickville, N.S.W. Whitcombe & Tombs 1975 Journal Article: Ernest Willington Skeats Hills, E. S. Ernest Willington Skeats 1955 Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 66 1-2 164-65 Journal Article: The geology of bridge foundations, reservoirs and dam sites Hills, E. S. The geology of bridge foundations, reservoirs and dam sites 1934 Commonwealth Engineer 21 7 195-197 Resource Section: Royal Society of Victoria - Approaching Centenary Hills, E. S. Royal Society of Victoria - Approaching Centenary 2001 Science and the making of Victoria Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre Journal Article: Frank Leslie Stillwell Hills, E. S. Frank Leslie Stillwell 1966 Records of the Australian Academy of Science 1 1 58-66 Newspaper Article: William Edwin Hills, Wood Scientist, 9-2-1921 - 3-2-2008 Higgins, H.; and Hewertson, W. William Edwin Hills, Wood Scientist, 9-2-1921 - 3-2-2008 2008 The Age Resource: B884 Citizen Military Forces Personnel Dossiers, 1939-1947 CA 2002, 2 Echelon, Army Headquarters; CA 46, Department of Defence [III], Central Office B884 Citizen Military Forces Personnel Dossiers, 1939-1947 National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch Article: A Model Scientist? Edwin Hills Sherratt, Tim A Model Scientist? Edwin Hills 1993 Australasian Science Autumn Book: A Guide to the Records of Edwin Sherbon Hills Sherratt, Tim; McCarthy, Gavan A Guide to the Records of Edwin Sherbon Hills Melbourne Australian Science Archives Project 1992 Journal Article: Professor E. S. Hills' Great Relief Model of Australia Joyce, E. B. Professor E. S. Hills' Great Relief Model of Australia 2006 Newsletter (Earth Sciences History Group) 36 23-25 Resource Section: Career Outline Sherratt, Tim; et al Career Outline Melbourne Australian Science Archives Project 1993 Guide to the Records of Edwin Sherbon Hills Resource: Science and the making of Victoria Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre Science and the making of Victoria 2001 Journal Article: John Stuart Anderson Hyde, B. G.; and Day, P John Stuart Anderson 1992 Historical Records of Australian Science 9 2 127-49 Edwin Sherbon Hills - Records National Library of Australia Oral History Collection Edwin Sherbon Hills - Records DeB 698 1930 - 1988 Oral history recording with Hazel de Berg 18 July 1973, c50 minutes, 19 page transcript. Hills speaks of his overseas studies in science; about the stimulus that one gets going abroad; about his researches in physiography and his many publications; his geological views on Australia; his duties at Deputy Vice Chancellor of the University of Melbourne (1962-1971); his interest in hydrology and his background in general. 6 m, 1 reel and 6 m appro Audio, Objects, Photographs Edwin Sherbon Hills - Records National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection Edwin Sherbon Hills - Records MS 8564 1844 - 1988 Includes biographical and family documents, reprints of articles, appointment diaries, sketchbooks, notebooks, lectures, correspondence, reports, geological and family photographs, slides of overseas trips, maps, minutes, index cards and subject files. 8.4 m Edwin Sherbon Hills - Records Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science Edwin Sherbon Hills - Records MS 092 1950 - 1987 Correspondence to do with the UNESCO Arid Zone Committee 1950- 62; letter of thanks and acknowledgement from the Royal Society, London of the gift of "Water Resources Use and Management" to their library 1965; material from D. Hill regarding the preparation of the biographical memoirs for the Royal Society of London and the Australian Academy of Science; reprint of 'Edwin Sherbon Hills 1906-1986' by Dorothy Hill from Biographical memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, vol 33, 1987. 0.08 m Geological Society of Australia - Records Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science Geological Society of Australia - Records MS 085 1952 - 2000 Includes: meeting minutes and papers; material relating to a number of state divisions of the Geological Society of Australia; financial records; correspondence; publications; newsletters; conferences; papers concerning geological legislation; membership files; and the Society's relationship with other scientific organisation both in Australia and overseas. 17.99 m, 81 boxes Hills, Edwin Sherbon Portrait Hills, Edwin Sherbon Portrait Royal Society of Victoria Presidential Portrait

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