Notes Prepared by John Hogan
Introduction
I Join the Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology
H. A. Hunt (1866–1946) — First Commonwealth Meteorologist
Inigo Jones (1872–1954)
Griffith Taylor, D.SC, B.E., B.A. (1880–1963)
Edward Kidson, O.B.E., D.Sc., F. Inst. P. (1882–1939)
My Recollections of Captain Edward Kidson (R.E) O.B.E, D.Sc., F. Inst. P. (1882–1939)
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As in Australia much of his own time was given to reading meteorological journals (he could read French, German and Spanish) or in pursuing some private research. He became an authority on Antarctic meteorology, when over a period of some seven or eight years in a voluntary capacity, he conducted research into the subject, based on a critical discussion of the meteorological observations made on Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition (1907–1909), and during Mawson's Australian Antarctic Expedition (1911–1914).
Those who were closely associated with Kidson knew him as a quiet man of modest and unassuming character. He was a tireless worker at his subject, never sparing himself, in addition he was a prolific writer, what is more, writing came easily to him. His command of his subject and of English was such that a first draft needed but little editing to become the finished product.
But despite his apparent constant attention to meteorology, he found time for a variety of other interests, including literature, current affairs, the theatre and music, and most sports; he was equally at home in discussing any of them.
Kidson's untimely death in 1939 deprived world meteorology of a commanding figure and a scientist of the highest standing, it was in particular a severe loss to New Zealand.
September 1969
J. Hogan
People in Bright Sparcs - Hogan, John; Kidson, Edward; Mawson, Douglas
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