William Rowan Browne (11 December 1884 – 1 September 1975) was an Australian geologist, author of The Geology of the Commonwealth of Australia. Events 359 - Honoratus, the first known Prefect of the City of Constantinople, takes office Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 462 - Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics.
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Early life
Browne was born in Lislea, County Londonderry, Ireland, both parents were school teachers. Lislea (in Irish: Lios Liath, ie grey fort is a small Village in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, near Camlough. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world He was educated at Coleraine Academical Institution and entered Trinity College, Dublin in 1903, but soon had to withdraw due to tuberculosis. Trinity College Dublin ( TCD; Irish Coláiste na Tríonóide Baile Átha Cliath; Latin: Collegium Sacrosanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Tuberculosis (abbreviated as TB for tubercle bacillus or T u' b' erculosis Bacillus --> is a common On advice he took a long sea voyage and travelled to Australia in 1904.
Career
Browne tutored before enrolling at the University of Sydney. The University of Sydney (informally Sydney Uni or USyd) is the oldest university in Australia He earned a D.Sc. with university medal in 1922 for his work in igneous and metamorphic petrology. DSc ScD SD, or DrSc are common abbreviations for the Latin Scientiæ Doctor, meaning Doctor of Science. Igneous rocks (etymology from Latin ignis, fire are rocks formed by solidification of cooled Magma (molten rock Metamorphic rock is the result of the transformation of an existing rock type the protolith, in a process called Metamorphism, which means "change In Geology, petrology (from Greek πέτρα petra, rock and λόγος logos, knowledge is the study of rocks and the conditions on which In 1923 he was promoted to assistant professor.
Browne completed The Geology of the Commonwealth of Australia, started by Professor Edgeworth David. Sir Tannatt William Edgeworth David (commonly known as Edgeworth David KBE, FRS, ( 28 January 1858 – 28 August 1934) David informed Browne of this in March 1934, David died 28 August 1934. Events 475 - The Roman General Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his Capital Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The New South Wales government commissioned Browne to publish the work, David's manuscript was only a bundle of rough notes, some chapters were practically empty. Geology was finally printed in 1950.
The Sydney Metropolitan Water, Sewerage and Drainage Board invited Browne to investigate a site for a storage reservoir on the Warragamba River. Browne found a better site and continued as geological adviser until 1960 when the Warragamba Dam was completed. Warragamba Dam is Sydney 's primary water source. It is approximately 65 km to the west of Sydney on the Warragamba River
Honours and legacy
Browne was awarded the Clarke Medal by the Royal Society of New South Wales (of which was president 1932–33) in 1942. The Clarke Medal is awarded by the Royal Society of New South Wales ( Australia) for distinguished work in the Natural sciences Named in honour of the The Royal Society of New South Wales is a learned society based in Sydney, Australia. Browne was a founder of the Geographical Society of New South Wales in 1927, president 1929-30 and 1948-49. He was also a founder, in 1952, of the Geological Society of Australia of which he was president 1955-56; the society awards the W. The Geological Society of Australia (GSA was established as a non-profit organisation in 1952 to promote advance and support Earth sciences in Australia. R. Browne medal as its highest honour.
References
- T. G. Vallance, 'Browne, William Rowan (1884 - 1975)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 13, MUP, 1993, pp 280-282
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| Preceded by Frederic Wood Jones |
Clarke Medal 1942 |
Succeeded by Walter Lawry Waterhouse |
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