Douglas Mawson
Explorer, Award Winner
1882 – 1958
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Who was Douglas Mawson?
Sir Douglas Mawson OBE FRS FAA was an Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer and academic. Along with Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott, and Ernest Shackleton, Mawson was a key expedition leader during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.
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- Born
- May 5, 1882
Shipley - Also known as
- Sir Douglas Mawson
- Spouses
- Paquita Delprat
(1914/03/31 - 1958/10/14)
- Paquita Delprat
- Children
- Nationality
- Australia
- Profession
- Education
- Bachelor of Engineering, University of Sydney
Mining engineering
(1899 - 1902) - Fort Street High School
- Bachelor of Engineering, University of Sydney
- Lived in
- Adelaide
- Died
- Oct 14, 1958
Brighton
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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