Activity | Born 5 May 1882 Shipley, near Bradford, England. Died 14 October 1958 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. Mawson was leader of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-14 and the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition 1929-31. He was Lecturer in Geology, University of Adelaide 1905-20 and Professor of Geology and Mineralogy 1921-52. See Bright Sparcs http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/biogs/P000631b.htm |