# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/douglas-mawson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:26:37.221Z

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name: "Douglas Mawson"
slug: "douglas-mawson"
description: "Sir Douglas Mawson was an Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer, and academic. He is known for being a key expedition leader during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, along with Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott, and Sir Ernest Shackleton. However most of his geological work was undertaken in South Australia, in particular the Precambrian rocks of the Flinders Ranges."
tagline: "Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)"
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country:
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birthDate: "1882-05-05"
deathDate: "1958-10-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump