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geologist servant secretary

Leonard Keith Ward was an Australian geologist and public servant.

Background

Ward was born in Petersham, New South Wales and was educated at Sydney and Brisbane Grammar Schools then the University of Sydney (Bachelor, 1900. Bachelor of Engineering, 1903) where he was taught by Edgeworth David.

Career

Ward work for Broken Hill Proprietary then at the Western Australian School of Mines, Kalgoorlie, from 1903. In 1919 he became secretary to the minister of mines.

Achievements

  • Ward was awarded the Clarke Medal by the Royal Society of New South Wales in 1930 and the Verco Medal by the Royal Society of South Australia in 1955.

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Awards

  • Clarke Medal

    The Clarke Medal is awarded by the Royal Society of New South Wales, the oldest learned society in Australia and in the Southern Hemisphere, for distinguished work in the Natural sciences.