OBITUARY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22353, 29 August 1934, Page 9

OBITUARY

; DAVID; ; AUSTRALIAN; SCIENIKT^; ■.SYDNEY, ;Xug - gs,t:_2B.- '. (Received. August; at -9 p,ta;) . - *jhe death is, announced, of SlyEdgaWojtlx David; aged 70. : His . death, removes . one of Australia’s moat 'eminent citizens, who was distinguished-bbth. for greatness of character and scientific achievements., His services were in frequent demand and were.always;ungrudg- , ingly given to . the Government -in all matters pertaining to ■scientific orgahisalions.'. - V :V. . TRIBUTE .BY SIR HUBERT J w ■> . WILKINS , a ;.iy EXPLORER. , ; VPrivate advice of' the - death of-* Sir Edgeworth was' received in Dunedio yeßteFday'; by. Sip ,HuhertyWilkins,; whp fib . conversation with a paily. Times reporter \ ialt evening paidra-strifeing, personal tribute to him, .bath as a* scientist;apd- as an. explorer.' V- “ He was nddoubtedly tiet ■ who ever : went south .with an. Antarctic expedition,” said .Sit. ; jjubert. “He . was a member of Sir Ernest Shacklcton’s expedition, ' and with -Sir Dquglaii Jdawson discovered the . exact Ideation of the South Magnetie feat tvhich involved ohevof' ; journeys, ever made in the Antarctic. , He occupied'.thefchair of; geology ih’ ; the ' University/'oL:S£dhey/;Tmf - ids fame extended .far beyond the of . Australia, and In - this . branch ,of science he was" a world-renowned .adthby|ty.: During pvAtf adding .‘aCrHcafijb^feVAlUed ‘armies Front'" when 1 he; to the headquarters staff , and y?as: required -to futnish; ; geological formation.and'.directipn.to’.the-engincor-|ng and tunnelling the fOrces. In- spite:‘of his agejHe-seon.ld hot be, .kept out. of tbe fronl ;Uhte,vand in thA latter’years Of his life - he iendured considerable suffering -from - a woutfd yhich ; he received, when he, warjblowu up in the trenches.” - , d-' striking, :/^;moi^|^ Hubert.wenton to eay ■thatoir,'Edgeworth David was profoundly interested in all branches of scientific inquiry ,and research worki, “-In the- furtherance of my plans for meteordlogitbl .plwfetvation and research;■ in ■> the : Antarcticp hfe;Ox* tended'tume not only hiß sympathy encouragement but . 'his:. active' ; supiiorC, and when I was ; in . Sydney recently be went to a great, deal of troubleAdhnpply me with .data ; which might; he of 1 httVice ■in the course of, my inqnines,,,.,.lt'-ie‘pniy two -weeks, ago Bince.;_be r ':Egidy.gppd-’byo to. me on the-Sydney, station^”; Sir- ; JBTubert padded ■ Bdgewor&};DaVid; hadv teen; engaged^in the compilation of a very finh;g%logii»l volume relating; tp j the . sonthe^: ; ; hewsphere • with. tralia, and New Zealand/ and if this work had not been completed, at the time -of his death it was certainly in a very advanced stage. 5 : to IpOaduiiOnj; he-de-scribed Sir/Edgewortli/as a. "man 'pf: Elie most dovable : charactci' : and >'«talod,Ahat scientific world. - - - . -y " MR HENRY WHITE , (Per Diaran.Pkess - Association) \ CHRIST.CHURCH, Anguk.,Yß; The^deailfi,i White, aged' 98c jpibneer. The •deceased, A/ tVeililniOwh'; fanOOr 'formerly noted 1 aa a breeder-of'horses, at Lincoln,/Imye'd in 1851.