John Veevers

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox person |name= John Veevers |image= |image_size= |caption= |birth_date= {{birth date|df=yes|1930|10|13}} |birth_place= [[New South Wales]], Australia |death_date= {{death date and age|df=yes|2018|8|12|1930|10|13}} |death_place= Sydney |education= [[Newington College]]<br>[[University of Sydney]]<br>[[Imperial College London]] |occupation= Emeritus professor<br>department of earth and planetary sciences |title= |website= [https://mypassword.mq.edu.au/directory/index.php?type=browse&cat=staff&id=10AE86E8-0649-11DB-BB8E-BE79FE715988&SearchStr=occupational%20first%20aider&SearchCat=All&ExactMatch= Macquarie University]}}

'''John James Veevers''' (13 October 1930 – 12 August 2018)<ref>[http://tributes.smh.com.au/obituaries/smh-au/obituary.aspx?n=john-james-veevers&pid=189970191 SMH Notices] 26 August 2018.</ref> was an Australian professor of geology and a [[list of Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science|fellow of the Australian Academy of Science]].<ref>[http://www.eoas.info/biogs/P003522b.htm Encyclopedia of Australian Science] Retrieved 20 June 2012</ref>

==Education== Veevers is the son of George Stanley Veevers and Dulcie Annie (née James)<ref>[http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/a/n/Malcolm-J-Banks/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-1561.html M J Banks Family Tree] Retrieved 20 June 2012</ref> and attended [[Newington College]] (1944–1947).<ref>Newington College Register of Past Students 1863–1998 (Syd, 1999) pp 204</ref> 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.<ref>Newington College Register of Past Students 1863–1998 (Syd, 1999) Part 2 – The Lists</ref> He went up to the [[University of Sydney]] and graduated as a Bachelor of Science in 1952 and a Master of Science in 1954.<ref name=us>{{cite web | title =Alumni Sidneienses | publisher =[[University of Sydney]] | url =http://www.bull.usyd.edu.au/as/FMPro?-db=as_main.fp5&-lay=web&-format=..%2Fas%2Fsearch_list.html&-max=10&-error=error.html&-SortField=dLastName&dLastName=Veevers&dFirstName=John&dGradYear=&-find=Go%21 | accessdate = 20 June 2012}}</ref>

==Academic career== Veevers was a cadet geologist at the [[Geoscience Australia|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 a Professor of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences.<ref>[https://mypassword.mq.edu.au/directory/index.php?type=browse&cat=staff&id=10AE86E8-0649-11DB-BB8E-BE79FE715988&SearchStr=occupational%20first%20aider&SearchCat=All&ExactMatch= On-line Directory] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023919/https://mypassword.mq.edu.au/directory/index.php?type=browse&cat=staff&id=10AE86E8-0649-11DB-BB8E-BE79FE715988&SearchStr=occupational%20first%20aider&SearchCat=All&ExactMatch= |date=4 March 2016 }}, [[Macquarie University]] Retrieved 20 June 2012</ref> He was awarded his PhD in 1956 from [[Imperial College London]].

==Publications== Veevers' multiple publications are held by the [[National Library of Australia]].<ref>[http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Search/Home?lookfor=author:%22Veevers%2C%20J.%20J.%20%28John%20James%29%22&iknowwhatimean=1 Catalogue] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150207171953/http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Search/Home?lookfor=author:%22Veevers%2C%20J.%20J.%20%28John%20James%29%22&iknowwhatimean=1 |date=7 February 2015 }}, [[National Library of Australia]] Retrieved 20 June 2012</ref>

==Honours== *[[Veevers crater]] – Named in his honour (1975) *S W Carey Medal – [[Geological Society of Australia]] (1992)<ref>[http://www.gsa.org.au/recognition/swcarey.html S W Carey Medal], [[Geological Society of Australia]] Retrieved 20 June 2012</ref> *[[Centenary Medal]] – For service to Australian society and science in earth history (2001)<ref>[https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1126820 It's an Honour] Retrieved 20 June 2012</ref>

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