Leonard Keith Ward
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Leonard Keith Ward (17 February 1879 – 30 September 1964) was an Australian geologist and public servant.
Ward was born in Petersham, New South Wales and was educated at Sydney and Brisbane Grammar Schools then the University of Sydney (B.A., 1900; B.E., 1903) where he was taught by Edgeworth David.
Ward work for Broken Hill Proprietary then at the Western Australia School of Mines, Kalgoorlie, from 1903. In 1919 he became secretary to the minister of mines.
Ward was awarded the Clarke and (Sir Joseph) Verco medals by the Royal Society of New South Wales (1930) and Royal Society of South Australia (1955) respectively.
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- Bernard O'Neil, 'Ward, Leonard Keith (1879 - 1964)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 16, MUP, 2002, pp 489-490.
