Edmund Thiele
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Edmund Oswald Thiele later known as Sir Edmund Oswald Teale KBE
(he changed the spelling of his surname in 1917) was a prominent geologist
from Doncaster, Victoria
, Australia
.
in 1908 but was obliged to return to Australia during the First World War. During this time he found employment as a temporary Lecturer in geology at the University of Adelaide
, replacing Sir Douglas Mawson
who had left for Britain to help the war effort. Between 1917 and 1918 Teale took up a research fellowship at the University of Melbourne
. After the war Teale returned to East Africa as part of the geological survey until 1936.
Thiele/Teale also did some work in New Zealand
with Albert Ernest Kitson
and later helped Kitson discover the first diamonds in the Gold Coast
.
Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
(he changed the spelling of his surname in 1917) was a prominent geologist
Geologist
A geologist is a scientist who studies the solid and liquid matter that constitutes the Earth as well as the processes and history that has shaped it. Geologists usually engage in studying geology. Geologists, studying more of an applied science than a theoretical one, must approach Geology using...
from Doncaster, Victoria
Doncaster, Victoria
Doncaster is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 15 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Manningham. At the 2006 Census, Doncaster had a population of 17,879....
, Australia
Australia
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Career
He began a Geological survey in the German colony of TanganyikaTanganyika
Tanganyika , later formally the Republic of Tanganyika, was a sovereign state in East Africa from 1961 to 1964. It was situated between the Indian Ocean and the African Great Lakes of Lake Victoria, Lake Malawi and Lake Tanganyika...
in 1908 but was obliged to return to Australia during the First World War. During this time he found employment as a temporary Lecturer in geology at the University of Adelaide
University of Adelaide
The University of Adelaide is a public university located in Adelaide, South Australia. Established in 1874, it is the third oldest university in Australia...
, replacing Sir Douglas Mawson
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.-Early work:He was appointed geologist to an...
who had left for Britain to help the war effort. Between 1917 and 1918 Teale took up a research fellowship at the University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne is a public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 1853, it is the second oldest university in Australia and the oldest in Victoria...
. After the war Teale returned to East Africa as part of the geological survey until 1936.
Thiele/Teale also did some work in New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
with Albert Ernest Kitson
Albert Ernest Kitson
Sir Albert Ernest Kitson KBE, CMG was a British/Australian geologist and naturalist, winner of the Lyell Medal in 1927.-Early life:...
and later helped Kitson discover the first diamonds in the Gold Coast
Gold Coast (region)
The Gold Coast was the region of West Africa which is now the nation of Ghana. Early uses of the term refer literally to the coast and not the interior. It was not until the 19th century that the term came to refer to areas that are far from the coast...
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Selected publications
- Leonard Darwin, Tempest Anderson, A. E. Kitson, E. O. Thiele, ’Some New Zealand Volcanoes: Discussion’, The Geographical Journal, Vol. 40, No. 1 (Jul., 1912), pp. 23–25;
- A.E. Kitson & E.O.Thiele, ‘The Geography of the Upper Waitaki Basin, New Zealand’, Geographical Journal, vol. 36, 1910, p. 431.
- E. O. Teale, 'Outline of the geology of Tanganyika Territory,' Bull. No. 6, revised, Geol. Surv. Tanganyika Territory, I936.
Sources
- Brief biography, Australian Forest History Society Newsletter 39, December 2004, p. 5.