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Biographical entry Smith, Henry George (1852 - 1924)

Born
26 July 1852
Littlebourne, Kent, England
Died
19 September 1924
Roseville, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Chemist and Mineralogist

Summary

Henry George Smith was on the staff of the Sydney Technological Museum 1884- 1921. He studied chemistry at evening classes and was appointed Laboratory Assistant in 1890, Mineralogist in 1895 and Economic Chemist in 1899. He taught at Sydney Technical College 1898-1911.

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Archival resources

Powerhouse Museum

  • Henry George Smith - Records, 1891 - 1908, MA 135; Powerhouse Museum. Details

Published resources

Books

  • List of Original Papers by Henry G. Smith, FCS, W.A. Gullick, Government Printer, Sydney, 1914. Details

Book Sections

  • Hall, Norman, 'Smith, Henry George (1852-1924)', in Botanists of the Eucalypts, CSIRO, Melbourne, 1978, pp. 118-119. Details
  • McKern, H. H. G., 'Smith, Henry George (1852-1924), Chemist', in Geoffrey Serle (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 11, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1988, pp. 646-647. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110666b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

  • Baker, R.T. and Smith, Henry G., 'On the Presence of a True Manna on a "Blue Grass", Andropogon annulatus , Forsk.', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, vol. 30, Acting Government Printer, Sydney, 1896, pp. 291-308. Details
  • Baker, R.T. and Smith, Henry G., 'On the Essential Oil and the Presence of a Solid Camphor or Stearoptene in the "Sydney Peppermint" Eucalyptus piperita, Sm', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, vol. 31, Acting Government Printer, Sydney, 1897, pp. 195-200. Details
  • Baker, R.T. and Smith, Henry G., 'On "Grey Gum", (Eucalyptus punctata, DC.,) particularly in Regard to its Essential Oil', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, vol. 31, Acting Government Printer, Sydney, 1897, pp. 259-280. Details
  • Baker, R.T. and Smith, Henry G., 'On the "Stringybark" Trees of N.S.Wales, Especially in Regard to their Essential Olis', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, vol. 32, Acting Government Printer, Sydney, 1898, pp. 104-119. Details
  • Baker, R.T. and Smith, Henry G., 'On the Darwinias of Port Jackson and their Essential Oils', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, vol. 33, Acting Government Printer, Sydney, 1899, pp. 163-176. Details
  • H., G., 'Henry George Smith, FACI', The Science Journal of the University of Sydney, vol. VIII, no. 3, 1924. Details
  • Maiden, J.H. and Smith, Henry G., 'On a Natural Deposit of Aluminium Succinate in the Timber of Grevillea robusta', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, vol. 29, Acting Government Printer, Sydney, 1895, pp. 325-335. Details
  • Maiden, J.H. and Smith, Henry G., 'Preliminary Notes on the Bark of Carissa ovata, R. Br., var. stolonifera, Bail.', Report of the Sixth Meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, vol. 6, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, Sydney, 1895, pp. 278-282. Details
  • Maiden, J.H. and Smith, Henry G., 'Contributions to a Knowledge of Australian Vegetable Exudations. No. 1', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, vol. 29, Acting Government Printer, Sydney, 1895, pp. 393-404. Details
  • Maiden, J.H. and Smith, Henry G., 'A Contribution to the Chemistry of Australian Myrtaceous Kinos', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, vol. 29, Acting Government Printer, Sydney, 1895, pp. 30-40. Details
  • Mellor, D.P., 'H. G. Smith. A Pioneer in Australian Phytochemistry', The Royal Australian Chemical Institute Proceedings, vol. 27, 1960, pp. 309-216. Details
  • Smith, H.G., 'H.G. Smith - A Pioneer in Australian Phytochemistry, by D.P. Mellor', Proceedings of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, Royal Australian Chemical Institute, Melbourne, 1960, pp. 309-316. Details
  • Smith, Henry G., 'On Kaolinite from the Hawkesbury Sandstone', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, vol. 25, Acting Government Printer, Sydney, 1891, pp. 171-178. Details
  • Smith, Henry G., 'Preliminary Note on Limestone Occurring Near Sydney', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, vol. 26, Acting Government Printer, Sydney, 1892, pp. 302-304. Details
  • Smith, Henry G., 'Occurrence of Evansite in Tasmania', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, vol. 27, Acting Government Printer, Sydney, 1893, pp. 382-383. Details
  • Smith, Henry G., 'On the Constituents of the Sap of the "Silky Oak", Grevillea robusta , R. Br., and the Presence of Butyric Acid Therein', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, vol. 30, Acting Government Printer, Sydney, 1896, pp. 194-201. Details
  • Smith, Henry G., 'On Aromadendrin or Aromadendric Acid from the Turbid Group of Eucalypt Kinos', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, vol. 30, Acting Government Printer, Sydney, 1896, pp. 135-143. Details
  • Smith, Henry G., 'On the Saccharine and Astringent Exudations of the "Grey Gum" Eucalyptus punctata, DC., and on a Product Allied to Aromadendrin', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, vol. 31, Acting Government Printer, Sydney, 1897, pp. 177-194. Details
  • Smith, Henry G., 'Notes on Myrticolorin', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, vol. 31, Acting Government Printer, Sydney, 1897, pp. 377-380. Details
  • Smith, Henry G., 'On Myrticolorin, the Yellow Dye Material of Eucalyptus Leaves', Journal of the Chemical Society, London, vol. 73, Chemical Society, London, 1898, pp. 697-701. Details
  • Smith, Henry G., 'On the Pinenes of the Oils of the Genus Eucalyptus', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, vol. 32, Acting Government Printer, Sydney, 1898, pp. 195-207. Details
  • Smith, Henry G., 'Note on Eucalyptus Gum and Kino in the Proposed Addendum (to the British Pharmacopoeia)', The Chemist and Druggist of Australasia, vol. 14, 1899, p. 67. Details
  • Smith, Henry G., 'On the Crystalline Camphor of Eucalyptus Oil (Eudesmol), and the Natural Formation of Eucalyptol', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, vol. 33, Acting Government Printer, Sydney, 1899, pp. 86-107. Details
  • Smith, Henry George, 'obituary of Henry George Smith in presidential address by C. Anderson', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, vol. 59, Acting Government Printer, Sydney, 1925, pp. 11-12. Details

Online Resources

See also

McCarthy, G.J.

Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 18 October 2006