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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2026-06-11 human Helen Cohn updated 2026-06-11 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P008070b.htm person Prider Rex Tregilgas AACR2 22 September 1910 6 October 2005 Place of Birth Narrogin, Western Australia, Australia Place of Death Perth, Western Australia, Australia Geologist University Administrator Rex Prider was a geologist who joined the Department of Geology at the University of Western Australia in 1934 and retired as Professor of Geology in 1975. He was noted by his students as being approachable and supportive. His research focused on Precambrian rocks in the Yilgarn Craton. However, he is internationally recognised as having undertaken work on the leucite lamproites of the northern Canning Basin. His paper, initially rejected and ultimately published as his Presidential address to the Geological Society of Australia in 1959, implied the presence of diamonds in the Kimberley region. Prider was active in the Royal Society of Western Australia (RSWA) and the Geological Society of Australia, holding office as President of both. He was awarded the Medal of the RSWA in 1970. The Rex T. Prider Medal is awarded by the School of Earth Sciences at the University of Western Australia to the Honours student showing the greatest aptitude for research. 1932 1932 Education - BSc (hons), University of Western Australia 1932 1934 Career position - Assistant Surveyor, South Kalgurli Gold Mine 1934 1936 Career position - Assistant Lecturer in geology, University of Western Australia 1938 1938 Education - PhD, University of Cambridge 1939 1948 Career position - Lecturer in Geology, University of Western Australia 1944 1945 Career position - President, Royal Society of Western Australia 1946 1975 Career position - Head, Department of Geology, University of Western Australia 1949 1975 Career position - Professor of Geology, University of Western Australia 1952 1952 Career position - Foundation Fellow, Geological Society of Australia 1959 1960 Career position - President, Royal Society of Western Australia 1959 1961 Career position - President, Geological Society of Australia 1967 1970 Career position - Federal President, Gem Association Australia 1970 1970 Award - Medal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 1975 Career position - Emeritus Professor of Geology, University of Western Australia 2004 2004 Award - Chancellor's Medal, University of Western Australia Clarke, Edward de Courcy (1880 - 1956) The University of Western Australia (1911 - )

Professor of Geology 1949 - 1975; Head, Department of Geology 1946 - 1975

 Royal Society of Western Australia (1914 - )

President 1944 - 1945, 1959 - 1960

 Geological Society of Australia Inc (1952 - )

Foundation Fellow 1952; President 1959 - 1961

 Medal of the Royal Society of Western Australia (1924 - )

Awarded the Medal 1970

 'Prider, Rex Tregilgas', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, History of Australian Science Research Group Prider, Rex Tregilgas Swinburne University of Technology, Office of the Chief Scientist Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: The leucite lamproites of the Fitzroy Basin, Western Australia [Presidential address] Prider, Rex T. The leucite lamproites of the Fitzroy Basin, Western Australia [Presidential address] 1959 Journal of the Geological Society of Australia 6 2 71-118 Journal Article: Igneous activity, metamorphism and ore-formation in Western Australia Prider, R. T. Igneous activity, metamorphism and ore-formation in Western Australia 1948 Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 31 43-84 Journal Article: The "greenstones" of south western Australia: Presidential address 1960 Prider, Rex T. The "greenstones" of south western Australia: Presidential address 1960 1961 Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 44 1 1-9 Edited Book: Mining in Western Australia Prider, Rex T. Mining in Western Australia Nedlands, W.A. University of Western Australia Press 1979 Book: Elements of geology for Western Australian students Clarke, E. de C., Prider, R. T. and Teichert, C. Elements of geology for Western Australian students Crawley, W.A. Francis Henry Beaumont 1948 Journal Article: Obituary: Professor Rex T. Prider Glover, J. E. Obituary: Professor Rex T. Prider 2005 Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 88 197 Journal Article: Dedication to Professor Rex Tregilgas Prider, 1910 - 2005 Bevan, J. C., Gwalani, L. G., Jaques, A. L. and Downes, Peter J. Dedication to Professor Rex Tregilgas Prider, 1910 - 2005 2016 Mineralogy and petrology 110(2/3):149-53 110 2/3 155-7 Edited Book: Who's who in Australia 1995 Who's who in Australia 1995 31st Melbourne Information Australia Group 1995