Charles Chewings

Charles Chewings (16 ga Afrilu 1859 - 9 ga Yuni 1937) masanin ilimin ƙasa ne kuma masanin ilimin ɗan adam na Australiya.Mincham, Hans. "Charles Chewings (1859–1937)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University

 Rayuwa ta farko 
An haifi Charles Chewings ɗan na uku na John Chewings, makiyayi, da matarsa Sarah (née Wall) a tashar Woorkongoree, kusa da Burra, Kudancin Australia. Wani malami ne ya ilimantar da shi kuma a Kwalejin Prince Alfred, Adelaide. Bayan ya shiga aikin kiwon tumaki, Chewings ya yi tafiya zuwa Kogin Finke a Tsakiyar Ostiraliya a cikin 1881 tare da raƙuma biyu kuma ya same su da amfani sosai har ya shigo da su kuma ya fara kasuwanci. Ya ba da wasu rahotanni game da bincikensa a cikin littafinsa The Sources of the Finke River (1886). Chewings ya auri Miss F. M. Braddock a 1887, kuma suna da 'ya'ya maza biyu da mata biyu.

 Ayyuka 
Chewings ya tafi Turai a 1888 kuma ya yi karatun ilimin ƙasa a Kwalejin Jami'ar London da Jami'ar Heidelberg, inda ya sami digiri na P.h.D. Bayan ya koma Ostiraliya, Chewings ta yi aiki a Yammacin Ostiraliya tana ba da rahoto game da ma'adinai kafin ya koma Kudancin Ostiralia don ci gaba da ɗaukar raƙumi. Yana da sha'awar 'Yan asalin Australiya kuma ya yi nazarin su sosai.

Chewings yana da sha'awar gano burbushin ruwa a kan Tempe Downs Station ta manajansa F. Thornton kuma a cikin 1891 ya buga "Geological notes on the Upper Finke Basin" a cikin Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia. Ya lissafa burbushin kuma ya fara fassarar gwaji game da jerin duwatsu na yankin. Chewings ya zama mai ba da shawara kan hakar ma'adinai a Coolgardie, Yammacin Ostiraliya, a cikin 1894, kuma daga baya ya yi aiki a Tsakiyar Ostiraliya kusan kusan shekaru 20.

 Rayuwa ta baya 
Bayan Yaƙin Duniya na farko, Chewings ya yi ritaya zuwa Adelaide kuma ya ba da gudummawa ga wasu takardun kimiyya da yawa da suka shafi tsakiyar Australia zuwa Ma'amala. Ya yi aiki a kan ƙamus na Harshen Aranda kuma zuwa ƙarshen 1936 ya buga wani sanannen littafi game da 'yan asalin Australiya mai taken Back in the Stone Age. Ya mutu a ranar 9 ga Yuni 1937 kuma an binne shi a Kabari na West Terrace. Chewings ya kasance ɗan ƙungiyar Geological Society of London da kuma Berlin Geological Society.

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Category:Haifaffun 1859
Category:Mutuwan  1937