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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-06-30 human Rosanne Walker updated 2024-10-17 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002726b.htm person Watt William Shand AACR2 2 January 1876 15 April 1958 Place of Birth Green Island, Dunedin, New Zealand Place of Death Brighton, Victoria, Australia Mining engineer Meteorologist William Watt joined the newly formed Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology as Tasmanian divisional officer in 1911 and eventually rose to become Commonwealth meteorologist, a post he held from 1931 until his retirement in 1940.

William Shand Watt had been assistant to Henry Hunt and was appointed as Commonwealth Meteorologist following successful appeal against the promotion of Henry Barkly. He presided over a difficult period for the Bureau with little support for its scientific development and little awareness in government of the imminent need for major expansion to meet the needs of civil aviation and subsequently the war effort. He participated in the 1935 IMO (International Meteorological Organization) Conference of Directors in Warsaw and the 1937 meeting of IMO Regional Association V (South West Pacific) in Wellington. A Hundred Years of Science and Service, Bureau of Meteorology, 2001.

1900 1900 Education - Associateship in Mining and Certificate of Metallurgical Chemistry and Assaying, Otago School of Mines, New Zealand 1902 1902 Career position - Associateship in Metallurgy, Otago School of Mines, New Zealand c. 1904 1911 Career position - Lecturer in Mining Engineering at the Zeehan School of Mines in Tasmania 1911 1921 Career position - Tasmanian Divisional Officer for the Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology 1921 1927 Career position - Head of the Climatological Section of the Bureau of Meteorology in Melbourne 1927 1931 Career position - Assistant Director of the Bureau 1931 1940 Career position - Commonwealth Meteorologist

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 'Watt, William Shand', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Watt, William Shand Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Watt, William Shand (1876-1958), mining engineer and meteorologist Nash, Heather Watt, William Shand (1876-1958), mining engineer and meteorologist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1990 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 12: 1891 - 1939 Smy-Z John Ritchie 416-417 Resource: Federation and Meteorology Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre Federation and Meteorology 2001 William Shand Watt William Shand Watt

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