Knibbs, George Handley

 Person: id 90119
University connections
USyd
Event flag
World War I
Family name
Knibbs
Given name(s)
George Handley
Initials
G.H.
Honorific
Sir
Gender
Male
Survived
Survived WWI
Occupations
Knibbs G.H. : Licensed Surveyor 1878Knibbs G.H. : Lecturer in Astronomy, Geodesy and Hydraulics 1889 - 1905 University of Sydney @ Camperdown [ Sydney, NSW Australia ]Knibbs G.H. : Commonwealth Statistician 1906Knibbs G.H. : Director 1921 - 1926 Council for Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) @ Sydney [ NSW Australia ]
Professional Association Memberships
Knibbs, George Handley : Institution of SurveyorsKnibbs, George Handley : Royal Statistical Society(London)Knibbs, George Handley : Royal Astronomical SocietyKnibbs, George Handley : American Statistical SocietyKnibbs, George Handley : International Institute of StatisticsKnibbs, George Handley : International Association for Testing MaterialsKnibbs, George Handley : Australasian Association for the Advancement of ScienceKnibbs, George Handley : Royal Society of NSW, 1881
Other events
Knibbs G.H. : Specific terms.Member of Commission on primary, secondary, technical and other branches of education 1902 - 1906 @ Europe and North AmericaKnibbs G.H. : Specific terms.Attended International Conference on Life Insurance 1909 - @ Vienna [ Austria ]Knibbs G.H. : Specific terms.Appointed C.M.G. 1911Knibbs G.H. : Specific terms.Attended Conference on double income tax and war profits 1919 - @ London [ England ]Knibbs G.H. : Specific terms.Appointed K.B.E. 1923
Death
Knibbs G.H. : Death 29 Mar 1929 @ Camberwell [ VIC Australia ]
OCRd book entry or other narrative
Not Listed in the Book of Remembrance. Served on a number of wartime committees and was a consulting member of the 1915 committee on munitions in war. A member of the royal commission on food supplies during the war in 1914.
Publications
The Shadow of the World's Future or the earth's Population Possibilities, London 1928
Person type (special flags)
University staff member, no Aust. tertiary education
ADB Entry ID
6985
 
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