Person
Story, George Fordyce (1800 - 1885)
- Born
- 4 June 1800
England - Died
- 7 June 1885
- Occupation
- Naturalist and Physician
Summary
George Story, who was born in London, studied medicine at Aberdeen University and settled in Swansea, Tasmania in 1828. He was district surgeon, a quaker, a keen botanist and was Secretary of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1844-1846.
Related entries
Archival resources
Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science
- Australian Botanists - Biographies, MS 064; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details
Royal Society of Tasmania
- George Fordyce Story - Records, 1867 - 1875, Ms 41; Royal Society of Tasmania. Details
University of Tasmania Library, Special/Rare Collection
- George Fordyce Story - Records, 1816 - 1874, C.7; University of Tasmania Library, Special/Rare Collection. Details
Published resources
Book Sections
- Trott, Mary Bartram, 'Story, George Fordyce (1800-1885)' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Douglas Pike, ed., vol. 2 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1967), pp. 490-491. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A020452b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21538105. Details
- 'Story, George Fordyce (18000604-18850607)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1465240. Details
See also
- Maiden, J. H., 'Records of Tasmanian Botanists', Papers and proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 1909 (1909), 9-29. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 26 February 2018
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