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Biographical entry Wilkinson, Charles Smith (1843 - 1891)
- Born
- 22 August 1843
Potterspury, Northamptonshire, England - Died
- 26 August 1891
Burwood, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Geologist
Summary
Charles Smith Wilkinson was appointed geological surveyor in charge of the Department of Mines in 1875.
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Events
- 1861 - 1866
- Career position - Field assistant to Richard Daintree, Geological Survey office, Melbourne
- 1866
- Career position - Field Geologist, Geological Survey office, Melbourne
- 1874 - 1875
- Career position - Geological Surveyor, Lands Department of New South Wales
- 1900
- Taxonomy event - Honoured with the naming of Eucalyptus wilkinsoniana R. T. Bak. (1900) (= E. eugenioides Sieb. ex Spreng. (1827))
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science Exhibitions
- Collins, David, Chemistry in Australia Bibliography, eScholarship Research Centre, 2009, http://www.eoas.info/ciab.html. Details
Books
- Hall, Norman, Botanists of the Eucalypts : short biographies of people who have named eucalypts, whose names have been given to species or who have collected type material, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Melbourne, 1978, 101 pp. Details
Book Sections
- Branagan, D. F., 'Charles Smith Wilkinson, 1843-1891', in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2004. Details
- Hoare, Michael, 'Wilkinson, Charles Smith (1843-1891), geologist', in Bede Nairn (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 6, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1976, pp. 402-403. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A060434b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Adrian, J., 'Charles Smith Wilkinson and the Geological Survey of New South Wales, 1875-1891', Geological Society of Australia, Earth Sciences History Group Newsletter, vol. 15, 1992, pp. 7-10. Details
- Wilkinson, Charles Smith., 'On the Theory of the Formation of Gold Nuggets in Drift', Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, vol. 8, Wilson & Mackinnon, Melbourne, 1867, pp. 11-15. Details
Online Resources
- 'Wilkinson, C S', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-575404. Details
See also
- Science and the making of Victoria, with Royal Society of Victoria, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/smv/scripts/smv-dynindex.php3?EID=P000186. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
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