Nationality Australian Website Macquarie University | Name John Veevers | |
Born 13 October 1930 (age 93) ( 1930-10-13 ) New South Wales, Australia Occupation Emeritus Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Books Atlas of Billion-year Earth History of Australia and Neighbours in Gondwanaland Parents George Stanley Veevers, Dulcie Annie James Education Newington College, University of Sydney, Imperial College London | ||
John James Veevers (born 13 October 1930) is an Australian Professor of Geology and has been a fellow of the Australian Academy of Science since 1995.
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Education
Veevers is the son of George Stanley Veevers and Dulcie Annie (née James) and attended Newington College (1944-1947). In 1946 he won the Wigram Allen Scholarship, endowed by Sir George Wigram Allen, for General Proficiency. At the end of 1947 Veevers was named Dux of the College and received the Schofield Scholarship and Halse Rogers Prize. He went up to the University of Sydney and graduated as a Bachelor of Science in 1952 and a Master of Science in 1954.
Academic career
Veevers was a cadet geologist at the Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, Canberra, (1948-1951), rising to geologist (1952-1960) and senior geologist 1961-1967. In 1968, he was appointed as a senior lecturer at Macquarie University and has since been an Associate Professor, Professor and Adjunct Professor of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences. He was awarded his PhD in 1956 from Imperial College London.
Publications
Veevers multiple publications are held by the National Library of Australia.