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Glaessner, Martin Fritz (1906 - 1989)

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Geologist and Palaeontologist

Born: 25 December 1906 Aussig, Austria. Died: 22 November 1989 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.

Martin Fritz Glaessner was the Professor of Geology and Palaeontology at the University of Adelaide, 1964-71. He was born and educated in Austria, and worked in Europe and Russia, and on oil exploration in the Middle-East and New Guinea prior coming to Australia in 1950. His book, Principles of Micropalaeontology, was published in 1945.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1923 - 1932 Research Associate in the Department of Geology at the Natural History Museum in Vienna
1929 LID completed at the University of Vienna, Austria
1930 - 1931 Lecturer in Economic Geology at the Volkshochschule in Vienna
1930 - 1931 Researcher of fossil Crustacea at the British Museum (Natural History), London
1931 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of Vienna
1932 - 1937 Senior Research Officer and Chief of the Micropalaeontological Laboratory at the Moscow Petroleum Institute (Institute of Mineral Fuels, Academy of Science of the USSR from 1934)
1936 - 1937 Senior Research Officer (part-time) at the Palaeontological Institute, Academy of Science of the USSR
1936 - 1937 Lecturer in Palaeontology at the Petroleum Institute in Moscow
1938 - 1942 Geologist with the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company and later Head of the palaeontological laboratory of the Australasian Petroleum Company in Port Moresby
1942 - 1945 Voluntary worker for Directorate of Research, LHQ Australian Military Forces and for Allied Geographical Section, Melbourne
1942 - 1950 Chief Palaeontologist at the Australasian Petroleum Company
1946 Special Lecturer in Micropalaeontology at the University of Melbourne
1948 Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of Melbourne
1950 - 1951 Senior Lecturer in Palaeontology at the University of Adelaide
1951 - Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (FANZAAS)
1952 Reader in Palaeontology at the University of Adelaide
1953 - 1954 Reader in Geology and Palaeontology at the University of Adelaide
1957 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1962 Walter Burfitt Prize received from the Royal Society of New South Wales
1962 - 1977 Chairman of the Australian Academy of Science National Committee for Geological Sciences
1964 - Professor (to 1971) then Emeritus Professor in Geology and Palaeontology at the University of Adelaide
1970 Verco Medal received from the Royal Society of South Australia
1971 - Fellow of the German Academy of Natural Sciences Leopoldina
1980 ANZAAS Medal received (Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science)
1982 Charles Doolittle Walcott Award and Medal received from the US National Academy of Sciences

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 8 February 2006

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