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Biographical entry Lefroy, John Henry (1817 - 1890)
- Born
- 28 January 1817
Ashe, Hampshire, England - Died
- 11 April 1890
Lewarne, Cornwall, England - Occupation
- Magnetician and Colonial governor
Summary
John Henry Lefroy, Governor of Tasmania 1880-82, had served as a scientific adviser to the War-Office, London 1854-55 and as Director of the Magnetic Observatory, St. Helena 1840-42. He wrote widely on scientific subjects including Australia.
Archival resources
National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection
- John Henry Lefroy - Records, 1880 - 1881, mfm M938 and mfm M974; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details
Published resources
Book Sections
- 'Lefroy, Sir John Henry (1817-1890)', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 5, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1974, pp. 77-78. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A050090b.htm. Details
Online Resources
- 'Lefroy, John Henry', in Physics in Australia to 1945, R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham, Australian Science Archives Project, June 1995, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/physics/P000569p.htm. Details
- 'Lefroy John Henry', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476958. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 4 February 2010
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