Biographical entry Fison, Lorimer (1832 - 1907)

Summary

Lorimer Fison was the joint author with A.W. Howitt of "Kamilaroi and Kurnai" and maintained correspondence with American workers in his field.

Archival resources

State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection

• Lorimer Fison - Records, 1870 - 1881; State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Stanner, W. E. H., 'Fison, Lorimer (1832-1907), Wesleyan missionary, anthropologist and journalist', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 4, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1972, pp. 175-176. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A040189b.htm. Details

Edited Books

• Benson, C. Irving (ed.), A Century of Victorian Methodism, Melbourne, 1935. Details

Journal Articles

• Brown, G., 'Lorimer Fison', Asian Methodist Missionary Review, February, 1908. Details
• Stern, B. J. (ed), 'Selections From the Letters of Lorimer Fison...to Lewis Henry Morgan', American Anthropologist, vol. 32, 1930. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Fison, Lorimer', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-822606. Details

See also

• Science and the making of Victoria, with Royal Society of Victoria, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/smv/scripts/smv-dynindex.php3?EID=P001503. Details