William Noel Benson (1885-1957): Insights into the Life and Work of an Eminent Geologist

2013 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wolf Mayer
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
New South ◽  
Tectonic Setting ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Volcanic Rocks ◽  
Ultramafic Rocks ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Serpentine Belt ◽  
The University ◽  
Classical Mode

William Noel Benson was one of the most renowned geologists in Australia and New Zealand during the first half of the twentieth century. He studied geology at the Universities of Sydney and Cambridge and occupied the Chair of Geology at the University of Otago with great distinction for thirty-three years. His research work extended across the greater part of the geological spectrum and gained him world-wide recognition and a reputation as a scholar in the classical mode. His name is today most closely associated with his pioneering work on the composition, origin and tectonic setting of the mafic and ultramafic rocks of the Great Serpentine Belt of New South Wales, and with his unfinished study of the Tertiary volcanic rocks of the Dunedin district, in New Zealand. He also made important contributions in such diverse fields as palaeontology, geomorphology, engineering geology and medical geology. Benson was a highly respected teacher and a compassionate man with deep religious convictions.

Major Achievement by Associate Professor Johanna Westbrook: Election to the American College of Medical Informatics as an International Fellow

2005 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 67-67
Keyword(s):  
Medical Informatics ◽  
Health Informatics ◽  
Medical Research Council ◽  
New South ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Associate Professor ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
South Wales ◽  
One Year ◽  
The University

Congratulations to Associate Professor Johanna Westbrook PhD, MHA, GradDipAppEpi, BAppSc (Medical Record Administration), who has been elected to the American College of Medical Informatics as an International Fellow. The Fellowship is the highest recognition possible in the health informatics discipline. Based upon peer election from current College Fellows, no more than two Fellowships are offered in any one year, and there are currently only two other Australian Fellows. This is a wonderful honour as it marks the highest peer recognition possible from the international community, reflecting Johanna's outstanding research work. Johanna is currently Deputy Director of the Centre for Health Informatics at the University of New South Wales and is an honorary Associate Professor at the School of Health Information Management at the University of Sydney. Johanna has published over 80 refereed journal articles and has received numerous research grants, the most recent of which is a National Health and Medical Research Council Project Grant of $583 000 for a study investigating the safety and effectiveness of hospital e-prescribing systems.

Modern Trends in Human Reproductive Physiology

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1964 ◽  
Vol 33 (5) ◽  
pp. 805-805
Author(s):  
CLEMENT A. SMITH
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Reproductive Physiology ◽  
Obstetrics And Gynaecology ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Human Reproductive ◽  
History Of ◽  
The University

For the pediatrician curious enough to pursue the life history of his patient into its prenatal phase or the obstetrician interested in more than one of his two patients, this small book will be of great usefulness. Of the twenty-one chapters, twelve are by Australian or New Zealand workers, the Editor, a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of New South Wales, among them. The international flavor is augmented by Swedish, German, and Scottish contributors.

Lecanactis (Roccellaceae) in Tasmania, with the description of a new saxicolous species and a revised key for the genus in Australia

2021 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-101
Author(s):  
Gintaras Kantvilas
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
New South ◽  
First Record ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
European Species ◽  
Australian Species ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Distribution And Ecology ◽  
Tasmanian Endemic ◽  
First Time

AbstractThe lichen genus Lecanactis Körb. in Tasmania comprises six species: L. abietina (Ach.) Körb., which is widespread and pan-temperate; L. latispora Egea & Torrente and L. neozelandica Egea & Torrente, both shared with New Zealand and with the former recorded here from the Auckland Islands for the first time; L. mollis (Stirt.) Frisch & Ertz, shared with Victoria and New Zealand; L. aff. dilleniana (Ach.) Körb., a European species recorded provisionally for Tasmania on the basis of several sterile collections; L. scopulicola Kantvilas, which is described here as new to science and apparently a Tasmanian endemic. This new taxon occurs in rocky underhangs and is characterized by a thick, leprose thallus containing schizopeltic acid, and 3-septate ascospores, 19–30 × 4.5–6 μm. Short descriptions and a discussion of distribution and ecology are given for all species. A key for all 11 Australian species of the genus is provided, including L. subfarinosa (C. Knight) Hellb. and L. tibelliana Egea & Torrente, which are recorded for Australia for the first time, and L. platygraphoides (Müll.Arg.) Zahlbr., a first record for New South Wales. Lecanactis spermatospora Egea & Torrente and L. sulphurea Egea & Torrente are also included.

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