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Biographical entry Krefft, Johann Ludwig Gerard (1830 - 1881)
- Born
- 17 February 1830
Brunswick, Germany - Died
- 19 February 1881
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Zoologist and Museum curator
Summary
Johann Ludwig G. Krefft was naturalist to the Victorian Government Collecting Expedition to northern Victoria under Wilhelm Blandowski 1857-58, and was Assistant Curator of the Australian Museum, Sydney 1860-64 and then Curator 1864-76.
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Archival resources
Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science
- Johann Ludwig Gerard Krefft - Records, 1872 - 1874, MS 21; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details
Australian Museum
- Johann Ludwig Gerard Krefft - Records, 1861 - 1877, Series 28; Australian Museum. Details
- Johann Ludwig Gerard Krefft - Records, 1861 - 1899, Series 48; Australian Museum. Details
- Johann Ludwig Gerard Krefft - Records, Series 160; Australian Museum. Details
Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales
- Johann Ludwig Gerard Krefft - Records, 1859 - 1881, ML MSS 956; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection
- Johann Ludwig Gerard Krefft - Records, 1874 - 1877, MS 3321; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details
Published resources
Book Sections
- Whitley, G. P.; Rutledge, Martha, 'Krefft, Johann Ludwig (Louis) Gerard (1830-1881), zoologist', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 5, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1974, pp. 42-44. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A050051b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Whitley, G. P., 'The Life and Work of Gerard Krefft', Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, 1958, pp. 21-34. Details
- Witley, G. P., 'Gerard Krefft and His Bibliography', Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, 1967. Details
Online Resources
- 'Krefft, Johann Ludwig Gerard - Ms 21', in Listing of Adolph Basser Library holdings, Australian Academy of Science, 1994, http://www.science.org.au/basser/manuscript-collection/ms021.html. Details
- National Library of Australia, 'Krefft, Gerard', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-635809. Details
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