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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2024-10-23 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000830b.htm person Thomson James Park AACR2 20 June 1854 10 May 1941 Place of Birth Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland Place of Death Kilcoy, Queensland, Australia Geographer Astronomer 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. Abbott, Robert (c. 1861 - 1936)

James Thomson and Robert Abbott were associated through the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia

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 'Thomson, James Park', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Thomson, James Park Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: The maintenance of energy Abbott, Robert The maintenance of energy Royal Society of Victoria 1889 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 1 12-20 Journal Article: The Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (Queensland) Inc.: the Thomson Years, 1885-1941 Griggs, Peter D. The Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (Queensland) Inc.: the Thomson Years, 1885-1941 1987 Royal Historical Society of Queensland 13 1 1-19 Book Section: Thomson, James Park (1854-1941), geographer and public servant Kitson, W. S. Thomson, James Park (1854-1941), geographer and public servant Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1990 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 12: 1891 - 1939 Smy-Z John Ritchie 216 Journal Article: The Brisbane Astronomical Society (1896 to 1917), its six-inch refractor, and key members Dudley Eglinton and James Park Thomson 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 2020 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 128 143-66 James Park Thomson - Records John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland James Park Thomson - Records OM65-21 1884 - 1931 Records of Thomson's life and career including correspondence, press cuttings, photographs, pamphlets, accounts and manuscripts of books, articles and speeches, including mention of New Guinea, Australian Aborigines and early exploration, and relates to his work with the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia; overall dates c1884-c1931 [60 cm, OM65-21]. 0.6 m Photographs