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October 14, 1958 (76 years old)
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Taurus
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Douglas Mawson
Sir Douglas Mawson OBE FRS FAA was an Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer, and academic. Along with Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott, and Sir Ernest Shackleton, he was a key expedition leader during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. Mawson was born in England and came to Australia as an infant. He completed degrees in mining engineering and geology at the University of Sydney. In 1905 he was made a lecturer in petrology and mineralogy at the University of Adelaide. Mawson's first experience in the Antarctic came as a member of Shackleton's Nimrod Expedition, alongside his mentor Edgeworth David. They were part of the expedition's northern party, which became the first to attain the South Magnetic Pole and to climb Mount Erebus. After his participation in Shackleton's expedition, Mawson became the principal instigator of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition.
BornMay 5, 1882, Shipley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
DiedOctober 14, 1958, Brighton, South Australia, Australia
NationalityAustralian
EducationFort Street Model School and University of Sydney, Sydney
OccupationGeologist, chemistry demonstrator, Antarctic explorer, academic
Known forFirst ascent of Mount Erebus, First team to reach the South Magnetic Pole, Sole survivor of Far Eastern Party, Australasian Antarctic Expedition, Mawson's Huts, Mawson Plateau
Spouse(s)Francisca Paquita Delprat (1891-1974), married 1914
ChildrenPatricia (1915-1999), Jessica (1917-2004)

About Douglas Mawson

Explorer Douglas Mawson was born in England on May 5, 1882. He dies at the age of 76, on October 14, 1958.

Antarctic explorer and author of the best-selling novel The Home of the Blizzard.

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Douglas Mawson before becoming famous

Douglas Mawson was born in the Zodiac sign Taurus (The Bull), and 1882 is also the year of Horse (馬) in the Chinese Zodiac.

At the School University of Adelaide, he studied and taught geology.

Achievement of Douglas Mawson

Mawson was invited to join Explorer Robert Scott's famous Terra Nova voyage, but he declined and instead prepared his own.

Douglas Mawson's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

When he was a child, he and his family moved from England to Australia.

Douglas Mawson Collabed with

Another major participant in what became known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration was Explorer Roald Amundsen.

Roald Amundsen (1872 - 1928) (Explorer)
Roald Amundsen (1872 - 1928)

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Douglas Mawson Income & Net worth

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