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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2024-10-23 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000024b.htm person Archer William Henry AACR2 13 November 1825 29 April 1909 Place of Birth London, England Place of Death Windsor, England Statistician Microscopist Naturalist Actuary William Archer, a London actuary, emigrated to Australia in 1852 to work for the Victorian Civil Service. By 1859 he was Registrar General and was Secretary for Lands 1874-1878. As well as being an eminent statistician he was an amateur microscopist and agronomist.

Employed as clerk to read the Act introducing compulsory civil registration of births, deaths and marriages, and recommending a plan for the guidance of the registrar-general 1853. Held some temporary appointments, legal work, articles and gave lectures from 1879. His botanical and zoological studies were encouraged by Ferdinand von Mueller.

1841 1850 Career position - Clerk and Actuarial Trainee, Medical, Invalid and General Life Assurance Co., UK 1850 1852 Career position - Managing Actuary of the Catholic, Law and General Life Assurance Co., UK 1852 1852 Life event - Arrived in Australia (Melbourne) 1853 1853 Career position - Acting Registrar-General of the Victorian Civil Service 1854 1859 Career position - Assistant Registrar-General with the Victorian Civil Service 1857 1857 Career position - Member of Committee, Zoological Society of Victoria 1859 1863 Career position - Registrar-General for the Victorian Civil Service c. 1864 Education - Law degree, University of Melbourne 1867 1867 Career position - Called to the Bar 1868 1874 Career position - Registrar of Titles in Victoria 1874 1878 Career position - Secretary of Lands and Survey in Victoria 1878 1879 Career position - Lawyer for a life assurance company in Sydney Zoological Society of Victoria (1857 - 1861)

Member of Committee 1857

 Victorian Department of Crown Lands and Survey, Colony and State of Victoria (1857 - 1983)

Secretary of the Department 1874 - 1878

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 'Archer, William Henry', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Archer, William Henry Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: The significance of "H" in William H. Archer in Australian herbarium collections Hansen, Anita The significance of "H" in William H. Archer in Australian herbarium collections 2008 Kanunnah 3 94-7 Journal Article: Pharmacy in Australia, letter to the Editor Archer, William Henry Pharmacy in Australia, letter to the Editor London J.& A. Churchill 1857-1858 Pharmaceutical Journal and Transactions 17 175-176 Book Section: Archer, William Henry (1825-1909), statistician and public servant Close, Cecily Archer, William Henry (1825-1909), statistician and public servant Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1969 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 3: 1851 - 1890 A-C Douglas Pike 41-43 Journal Article: The Contribution of W. H. Archer to Vital Statistics in the Colony of Victoria Hopper, John L. The Contribution of W. H. Archer to Vital Statistics in the Colony of Victoria 1986 Australian Journal of Statistics 28 124-137 Journal Article: The Origins of the Acclimatisation Society of Victoria: Practical Science in the Wake of the Gold Rush Gillbank, Linden The Origins of the Acclimatisation Society of Victoria: Practical Science in the Wake of the Gold Rush 1986 Historical Records of Australian Science 6 3 359-374 Resource: Federation and Meteorology Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre Federation and Meteorology 2001 Resource: Science and the making of Victoria Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre Science and the making of Victoria 2001 William Henry Archer - Records National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection William Henry Archer - Records MS 264 1847 - 1866 48 Letters from a number of correspondents including: John Pascoe Fawkner, Carboni Raffaello, Rev. Patrick Smyth, Robert Hoddle, C.J. Tyers, Sir R.R. Torrens, F. Mueller, William Hovell and Owen Stanley concerning explorations, latitudes, the Eureka Stockade, meteorology, registration systems, Aborigines and other matters 1847-66. 0.03 m, 2 folders William Henry Archer - Records National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection William Henry Archer - Records MS 105 1853 - 1863 Letters and reports from Archer to the Colonial Secretary and others, concerning Victorian records and statistical registration, together with miscellaneous notes and tables 1853-63. 0.08 m William Henry Archer - Records The University of Melbourne Archives William Henry Archer - Records 1842 - 1916 Correspondence (including correspondence of his wife and family) 1842-1916; diaries 1848-51, 1884-91, 1893; scattered diary sheets 1848-98; household accounts 1854-1910; notes for and drafts of articles c1856-83; invitations, catalogues and newspaper cuttings; estate papers 1908-10; publications; photographs; pastel portrait; genealogical material and memorabilia [72 cm]. 0.72 m