Douglas Mawson
Australian geologist
Sir Douglas Mawson OBE FRS FAA was a British-born 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... Wikipedia
Born: May 5, 1882, Shipley, United Kingdom
Died: October 14, 1958 (age 76 years), Brighton, Australia
Spouse: Paquita Delprat (m. 1914–1958)
Children: Patricia Mawson and Jessica Mawson
Education: The University of Sydney (1899–1902) and Fort Street High School
Movies: Home of the Blizzard, Siege of the South, 12 Flags South, and more
Books
The Home of the Blizzard
1915
The Home of the Blizzard: A True Story of Antarctic Survival
Mawson's Antarctic Diaries
The Home of the Blizzard; Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Volume V. 2 - Scholar's Choice Edition
University of Adelaide, Commemoration Address 1925: Some Aspects of Forestry in South Australia
1925
Geological Investigations in the Broken Hill Area
1912