Geoffrey Badger

{{Short description|Australian academic (1916–2002)}}

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| honorific_prefix = Professor

| name = Sir Geoffrey Badger

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| office = Vice-Chancellor of the University of Adelaide

| term_start = 1967

| term_end = 1977

| office2 = Professor of Organic Chemistry, University of Adelaide

| term_start2 = 1955

| term_end2 = 1964

| birth_name = Geoffrey Malcolm Badger

| birth_date = 10 October 1916

| birth_place = Port Augusta, South Australia

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2002|09|23|1916|10|10|df=yes}}

| death_place = Adelaide, South Australia

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Sir Geoffrey Malcolm Badger (10 October 1916, Port Augusta, South Australia – 23 September 2002, Adelaide) was Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Adelaide from 1955 to 1964, and Vice-Chancellor of the University from 1967 to 1977. He was elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 1960, appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1975, and was knighted in 1979. In retirement he wrote two books, "Explorers of the Pacific" (1988) and "The Explorers of Australia" (2001).

{{cite web |author= Ian D Rae |title= Geoffrey Malcolm Badger 1916–2002 |work= Biographical memoirs |publisher= Australian Academy of Science |url= https://www.science.org.au/fellowship/fellows/biographical-memoirs/geoffrey-malcolm-badger-1916%E2%80%932002 }} Originally published in Historical Records of Australian Science, vol.20, no.1, 2009,

{{cite web |title= BADGER, Sir Geoffrey Malcolm AO (1916 - 2002) |work= Heritage Guide to The Geelong College |publisher= The Geelong College |url= http://gnet.geelongcollege.vic.edu.au:8080/wiki/Badger-Geoffrey.ashx }}

{{cite web |url= http://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000029b.htm |title= Badger, Geoffrey Malcolm (1916 - 2002) FAA FTSE |work= Biographical entry |publisher= Encyclopaedia of Australian Science }}

{{cite web |url= http://trove.nla.gov.au/people/458486?c=people |title= Badger, G. M. (Geoffrey Malcolm) (1916-2002) |publisher= trove.nla.gov.au }}

{{cite web |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1411714/Sir-Geoffrey-Badger.html |work= Obituaries |title= Sir Geoffrey Badger |publisher= The Telegraph |date= 31 October 2002 }}

{{cite web |title= Officer of the Order of Australia |date= 9 June 1975 |quote= In recognition of service to science and education |publisher= It's an Honour |url= https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/881430 }}

{{cite web |title= Knight Bachelor |date= 16 June 1979 |quote= In recognition of service to science and education |publisher= It's an Honour |url= https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1083337 }}