Biographical entry Story, George Fordyce (1800 - 1885)

Summary

George Fordyce 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 1844-46.

Archival resources

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 Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 2, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1967, pp. 490-491. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A020452b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Maiden, J.H., 'Records of Tasmanian Botanists', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 1909, pp. 9-29. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Story, George Fordyce', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1465240. Details