17 Facts About Albert Kitson

Albert Kitson's early childhood was spent in Nagpur in the Central Provinces of India where his family moved when he was a year old.

Albert Kitson joined the Public Service in Victoria in 1886 as a clerk.

Albert Kitson contributed a number of studies on the mineral resources of Victoria and the Glacial beds of Tasmania.

In 1907, Albert Kitson recommended that the Buchan Caves in Gippsland, Victoria be set aside as a reservation to protect them from vandalism.

Unstead about the climatic conditions for wheat cultivation in North America, Albert Kitson's response was to ask whether Unstead's findings might be applied to Nigeria.

Albert Kitson travelled round the colony by train and bicycle and discovered sizeable mineral deposits including bauxite and manganese.

Albert Kitson discovered Bauxite, the raw material of alumina, in the Atewa Range near Kibi in 1914.

Albert Kitson observed that they were good crystals showing octahedron and dodecahedron.

Albert Kitson was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1918 and Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1922.

In 1927 Albert Kitson was knighted for his services to geology.

Albert Kitson was an official representative of the British Government at International Geological Congresses and at World Power Conferences.

From his earliest age, Albert Kitson took an interest in the natural world around him.

Albert Kitson was fascinated by the Victorian Lyrebird, publishing an article on it for the Smithsonian Institution.

Albert Kitson was noted for his keen amateur interest in archeology, finding numerous artefacts which he made available to Museums in Africa and England.

Albert Kitson died in Beaconsfield on 8 March 1937 of broncho-pneumonia and influenza.

Sir Albert Kitson is sometimes wrongly referred to as Sir Arthur Kitson or Sir Alfred Kitson.

Albert Kitson is sometimes confused with his contemporary Albert Kitson, 2nd Baron Airdale who does not appear to be related.