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Biographical entry Stawell, William Foster (1815 - 1889)
Stawell, William Portrait
Details
- Born
- 27 June 1815
Old Court, County Cork, Ireland - Died
- 12 March 1889
Naples, Italy - Occupation
- Science patron, Member of Parliament and Judge
Summary
(Sir) William Foster Stawell was Chief Justice of Victoria and president, Philosophical Institute of Victoria, 1858 (which later became the Royal Society of Victoria)..
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Published resources
Book Sections
- Francis, Charles, 'Stawell, Sir William Foster (1815-1889)', in Bede Nairn (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 6, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1976, pp. 174-177. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A060198b.htm. Details
Online Resources
- National Library of Australia, 'Stawell, William Foster', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-510565. 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=P003094. Details
Digital resources
Helen Morgan
Created: 24 August 2000, Last modified: 4 June 2010
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