Record ID:
36555452 (Libraries Australia Authorities)
Authority type:
  • Name.
Description conventions:
  • rda
Heading:
Birth:
  • 1858-06-13
  • Sydney (N.S.W.)
Death:
  • 1929-03-30
  • Camberwell (Vic.)
Occupations:
  • Scientists Statisticians
Used for:
  • Knibbs, G. H. (George Handley), Sir, 1858-1929
  • Knibbs, Geo. H. (George Handley), Sir, 1858-1929
  • Knibbs, George Handley, Sir, 1858-1929
  • Knibbs, George (George Handley), Sir, 1858-1929
Notes:
  • DLC database 10 February 2017 (Knibbs, George Handley, Sir, 1858-1929)
  • Federal handbook, 1914 title page (G.H. Knibbs)
  • Liquid fuel investigations and their significance for Australia, 1926 title page (George Knibbs)
  • The shadow of the world's future, 1928 title page (Sir George Handley Knibbs)
  • Whither is Australia drifting?, [1925?] title page (Sir Geo. H. Knibbs)
  • Wikipedia 10 February 2017 (Sir George Handley "The Knibb" Knibbs CMG (13 June 1858 – 30 March 1929) was an Australian scientist, the first Commonwealth Statistician and the first director (from 1921 to 1926) of the Commonwealth Institute of Science and Industry. He was born in Sydney. He became a licensed surveyor in 1878, a member of the Royal Society of New South Wales in 1881, being an office-bearer for many years, and in 1890 became lecturer in surveying at the University of Sydney, also engaging in physics and astronomy. In 1905 he was appointed Director of Technical Education in New South Wales. In 1906 he was appointed first director of the Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics. He was a member of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science. In 1926 he retired from his positions. He died in Camberwell, Victoria, on 30 March 1929. He was created CMG in 1911 and knighted in 1923. He published several works.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Handley_Knibbs
Local system number:
  • 000001563581
  • abv03295108
  • (AU-CaAIA)XX21993
Cataloguing source:
  • ANL eng VJTL rda
Authentication code:
  • anuc