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Sir Tannatt Edgeworth David The Personal Archives of Tannatt William Edgeworth DAVID (1858-1934) Born in Wales, David studied at Magdalen College School, Oxford (1870-1876) and Oxford University from which he graduated as Bachelor of Arts in 1880. In 1881, David carried out geological research in Wales. In 1882, he accepted the position of Assistant Geological Surveyor to the NSW Government; he worked on the NSW Geological Survey, especially mapping and correlating the coalfields of NSW. In 1886, David and his assistant, GA Stonier, discovered the South Maitland coalfield in the Hunter River valley. The University of Sydney Senate, at its meeting of 2 March 1891, appointed David to lecture on geology during Lent Term. He was appointed Professor of Geology and Physical Geography at the Senate meeting on 18 May 1891. This decision was opposed by the Committee in England appointed to select a Professor. On retiring in December 1924, David was appointed Emeritus Professor (Senate Minutes 22 Dec 1924). In 1900, David was awarded fellowship of the Royal Society of London after organising successful expeditions to Funafuti, a coral atoll in the Pacific Ocean, then in the British colony of the Gilbert and Ellise Islands, now in Tuvalu. This followed the failure of an expedition organised by the Royal Society in 1896. The objective of the expeditions was to bore a column of coral to a depth of 600 feet. It was hoped that analysis of such a column would provide evidence to help support or refute Charles Darwin's theory on the origin of coral atolls. Numerous works authored by David were published by scientific and daily presses. A major work, "Geological Map of the Commonwealth of Australia" was published in 1932. Glaciation was of especial interest to David. He was a member of the Glacial Research Committee of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). In 1907-09, David took leave from the University to accompany the British Antarctic Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton. In the company of Douglas Mawson and Alistair Mackay, he was the first to reach the Magnetic South Pole. After retiring from the University, David continued work on a treatise on the geology of Australia, a work he failed to complete. In the late 1920s, he became involved in a controversy on the fossil nature of samples of South Australian rock. David was an accomplished fund-raiser. For example, he used his influence to obtain essential funds to enable Shackleton's expedition to Antarctica in 1907-09 to proceed. Subsequently, he gave public lectures to raise further funds for this expedition and funds for the Australasian Antarctic Expedition led by Douglas Mawson in 1911-14. In 1885, David married Caroline Martha Mallett, then Principal of the NSW Government Department of Public Instruction's Hurlstone Training College for Women. In 1916, he served in battlefields in France and Belgium. Awards included FRS (1900), honorary DSc degrees from universities of Oxford (1911), Manchester, Wales, Cambridge, Sydney, Bigsby Medal (1899) and Wollaston Medal (1920) both from the Geological Society of London, Clark Medal of AAAS, CMG (1910), and KBE (1920). References used and not cited in the text: SU Archives P11; David's application for Chair at the University of Sydney dated 1891 in SU Archives: Biog 909; DF Branagan and TG Vallance, "Australian Dictionary of Biography". P.011 DAVID Tannatt William Edgeworth Series 1 British Antarctic Expedition 1907-09: Erebus/Magnetic Pole journeys - scripts authored by David +61 2 9351 5350 Date Range: 1908 - 1909? Accessions: 1/24, 1/69 Quantity: 0.07 Item List: no Series Description: Annotated typescripts of the "Narrative of the Northern Party" (5cm), original handwritten folios (1.5 cm) comprising meteorological notes made on the northern journey to the Magnetic South Pole; the latter are dated 10 October to 27 November 1908. Also manuscript describing the ascent of Mt Erebus; this includes records of barometric pressure readings dated 5th to 9th March 1908. The British Antarctic Expediton of 1907-09 was described by Ernest Shackleton in "The Heart of the Antarctic" volume 1 page 5 as "entirely my own venture". It was funded by the governments of Britain ( 20,000 pounds sterling), Australia (6000 pounds sterling) and New Zealand (a ship), by the proceeds of public lectures and the sale of the book "The Heart of the Antarctic" describing the Expedition. The Northern party comprised David, Douglas Mawson, and Alistair Mackay. The party left the Expedition's winter quarters at Cape Royds on the west coast of Ross Island on McMurdo Sound (latitude 77.5 degrees south) on 3rd October 1908 and walked north along the coast of South Victoria Land to Drygalski ice barrier (latitude approx 75.5 degrees south) and then north-west to latitude 72.25 degrees south and longitude 155 degrees 16 minutes, estimated by the party to be the location of the South Magnetic Pole. The party returned to their depot on Drygalski Glacier on 3 February 1909 where they boarded the ship "Nimrod" at nearby Relief Inlet. The Northern Party had trekked a distance of 1260 miles (over 1700 kilometres), dragging their sledges by hand. The objectives of the journey as specified by Shackleton were to carry out a geological survey of the coast of Victoria Land and to prospect for minerals of economic value in Dry Valley, to determine the position of the South Magnetic Pole and to journey to the pole if resources permitted, and to take possession of these lands for the British Empire by hoisting the British flag. Custody: University of Sydney MRD 14.5.5.5 Copyright: University of Sydney Provenance: Tannatt William Edgeworth David Access Status: open P.011 DAVID Tannatt William Edgeworth Series 2 British Antarctic Expedition 1907-09 - miscellaneous scripts by David Date Range: 1910? - 1910? Accessions: 1/24, 1/69 Quantity: 0.07 Item List: no Series Description: Observations on geology - handwritten, mainly in ink, probably for joint papers with R E Priestly (quantity : 1 cm); also notes for addresses/lectures, a carbon copy of a handwritten list of photographs (28 pages), a four page handwritten script entitled "Retrospect" and other papers relating to this expedition. It was impossible to differentiate script written for the Stockholm Conference* from script for other papers co-authored with R E Priestly. Hence, manuscript in David's hand has been arranged in this series; typescript which was probably used for the publication by W Heinemann, London 1914 entitled "British Antarctic Expedition 1907-09 - Reports on Scientific Investigations - Geology" is in series 3, and unidentified typescript in series 6. *The Stockholm Conference refers to the International Geological Conference XIth Session held in Stockholm in 1910. David's paper, in collaboration with Priestly and Mawson, was read by Professor Sollas (refer to series 7: letter received by David dated 11 January 1911). Regarding original order: it is assumed that David kept papers relating to Antarctica together. Some of the papers had been boxed by subject viz "Antarctica", "Funafuti", "Geology of Australia", "fossils", "War", "lecture notes", "maps and plans". Custody: University of Sydney MRD 16.7.90 Copyright: university of sydney Provenance: Tannatt William Edgeworth David Access Status: open P.011 DAVID Tannatt William Edgeworth Series 3 British Antarctic Expedition 1907-09: David/ Priestly collaboration - scripts: drafts for publication Date Range: 1908? - 1911? Accessions: 1/24, 1/69 Quantity: 0.22 Item List: no Series Description: Includes manuscripts and annotated typescripts ascribed to David and Raymond E Priestly. The only dated script, January 1911, is an annotated copy of a typescript "Geological Notes of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-09". The papers are draft scripts for the publications by William Heinemann London entitled "British Antarctic Expedition 1907-9 - Reports on Scientific Investigations: Geology" published in 1914) and appendix II published in the book "Heart of the Antarctic" 1909. Priestley was born in 1886. He was a final year student at Bristol University when appointed geologist to the Expedition. He was a member of the Western Party and undertook geological surveys in the western mountains. Refer to series 7 and 32 for letters written by Priestly and series 9 for annotated photographs and other typescripts by Priestly. Custody: University of Sydney mrd 13.5.92 Copyright: various Provenance: Tannatt William Edgeworth David Access Status: open P.011 DAVID Tannatt William Edgeworth Series 4 British Antarctic Expedition 1907-09/other - maps/plans Date Range: 1907? - 1931 Accessions: 1/24, 1/69 Quantity: 0.02 Item List: no Series Description: 21 folios including printed and hand-drawn maps annotated by David, sketch of the route taken by the Northern Party, probably drawn by David*, 3 hand-drawn diagrams pertaining to another expedition and dated 1911, one map of the route of the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition of 1930-31, published maps of RF Scott's expedition to Antarctica in 1901-04. Custody: University of Sydney mrd 20.7.90 Copyright: various Provenance: Tannatt William Edgeworth David Access Status: open P.011 DAVID Tannatt William Edgeworth Series 5 British Antarctic Expedition 1907-09 - field notebooks Date Range: 1908 - 1909 Accessions: 1/24, 1/69 Quantity: 0.10 Item List: no Series Description: Date Feb 1908 to Jan 1909 Custody: University of Sydney mrd 21.7.90 Copyright: Provenance: Tannatt William Edgeworth David Access Status: open P.011 DAVID Tannatt William Edgeworth Series 6 British Antarctic Expedition 1907-09 - miscellaneous records Date Range: 1908 - 1909 Accessions: 1/24, 1/69 Quantity: 0.12 Item List: no Series Description: Includes typescripts authored by R Priestley entitled "Scientific Results of the Western Journey" and "Meteorological Notes Dec 1, 1908 to Jan 24, 1909", by E W Skeats entitled "Report on Some Limestones from the Antarctic" (also manuscript original), by Griffith Taylor dated 1910 and titled "Notes upon Archaeocyathinae".
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