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Life Summary

Name	Norman William Jolly
Born	5 August, 1882 Mintaro, South Australia, Australia
Died	18 May, 1954 (aged 71) Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Cause of Death	kidney disease
Related Entries	[View as tree] Crane, Alexander Herbert (pupil)
Education *	Mintaro Public School (SA) (student, 1888-1892) Prince Alfred College (Adelaide) (student, 1893-1897) University of Adelaide (student, 1898-1900) Oxford University (student, 1904-1906)
Occupation or Descriptor *	forester (1910-1911) South Australia, Australia public servant (1910-1911) South Australia, Australia forester (1911-1918) Queensland, Australia public servant (1911-1918) Queensland, Australia forester (1918-1925) New South Wales, Australia public servant (1918-1925) New South Wales, Australia academic (1925-1926) South Australia, Australia forester (1926-1933) New South Wales, Australia
Awards	Rhodes Scholar (recipient, 1904)
Legacies *	N. W. Jolly medal (eponym)
Key Organisations *	New Zealand Perpetual Forests Ltd (consultant, 1937) South Australian Forestry Board (member, 1939) Institute of Foresters of Australia (honorary member, 1953-1954)
Workplaces *	Townsville Grammar School (Qld) (teacher, 1901-1903) Geelong Grammar School (Vic) (schoolteacher, 1909-1910) Forestry service (SA) (forester, 1910-1911) Forestry Service (Qld) (forester, 1911-1918) Forestry service (NSW) (forester, 1918-1925) University of Adelaide. School of Forestry (academic, 1925-1926) Australian Forestry School (Yarralumla, ACT) (principal, 1926-1926) Forestry service (NSW) (head, 1926-1933)

* Dates are approximate