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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2024-10-16 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001076b.htm person Kitson Albert Ernest CBE CMG KBE FGS AACR2 21 March 1868 8 March 1937 Place of Birth Manchester, Lancashire, England Place of Death Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England Geologist Sir Albert Kitson joined the Victorian Public Service (VPS) as a clerk in 1886. From 1899 to 1904, although still employed as a clerk, he carried out geological field work for the VPS. This work inspired him to take up part-time studies in geology, mining and surveying at the Working Men's College (Melbourne) and at the University of Melbourne. In 1904 Kitson was promoted to senior field geologist and headed many more geological surveys and published widely. His two most noted surveys were in the Gold Coast where areas of manganese and diamonds were discovered, and in Nigeria where rich coal deposits were found. In 1930 he retired from the VPS and returned to England. There he immediately took up the position of geological advisor to the Colonial Office and later joined the boards of several mining companies. Kitson was a Fellow and Lyell medal recipient of the Geological Society of London and he was knighted (KBE) in 1927. c. 1878 c. 1878 Life event - Migrated to Australia (Victoria) with family 1886 1889 Career position - Clerk at the Victorian Postmaster-General's Department 1889 1896 Career position - Clerk at the Victorian Department of Lands and Survey 1896 1904 Career position - Clerk at the Victorian Department of Mines and Water Supply 1897 Award - Fellow, Geological Society of London (FGS) 1899 1904 Career position - Geological field work including the survey of Buchan Caves in East Gippsland (1900), Victoria 1904 1906 Career position - Senior Field Geologist in the Department of Mines and Water Supply 1906 1911 Career position - Principal Surveyor on the Mineral Survey of Southern Nigeria 1913 1930 Career position - Director of the Gold Coast Geological Survey 1916 1916 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus kitsoniana Maiden was named in his honour 1918 1918 Award - Wollaston fund award, Geological Society of London 1918 1918 Award - Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE), Britain 1922 1922 Award - Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) 1927 1927 Award - Lyell Medal, Geological Society of London 1927 1927 Award - Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (KBE), Britain 1929 1929 Career position - President, C (Geology) Section of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 1930 1930 Career position - Geological Advisor to the Colonial Office in England 1930 1930 Life event - Retired and returned to England 1934 1936 Career position - President, Geologist's Association

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 'Kitson, Albert Ernest', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Kitson, Albert Ernest Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Kitson, Sir Albert Ernest (1868-1937), geologist Farrall, Lyndsay Kitson, Sir Albert Ernest (1868-1937), geologist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1983 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 9: 1891 - 1939 Gil-Las Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 617-618 Book: Australian botanist's companion George, Alex S. Australian botanist's companion Kardinya, W.A. Four Gables Press 2009 Book: Botanists of the Eucalypts: short biographies of people who have named eucalypts, whose names have been given to species or who have collected type material Hall, Norman Botanists of the Eucalypts: short biographies of people who have named eucalypts, whose names have been given to species or who have collected type material Melbourne CSIRO 1978

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