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Born on the 5th of May 1882 in Yorkshire in England.
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The Mawson family moved to Rooty Hill near Sydney in 1884
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In 1902 he graduated with a Bachelor of Education and was appointed as a junior demonstrator in Chemistry.
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In 1905 Mawson was appointed a lecturer in mineralogy and petrology in the University of Adelaide.
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In March 1908 he and his group led by David became the first to climb Mount Erebus.
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A.F. Mackay and Mawson became the first to reach the vicinity of the south Magnetic Pole.
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Mawson was knighted in 1914 and continued his research over many decades.
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He finally retired at the age of 70.
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He died at his Brighton home on the 14th October 1958. Mawson was buried at St. Jude’s Anglican Church in a commonwealth and state funeral.
