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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn updated 2024-10-16 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000102b.htm person Nicolay Charles Grenfell AACR2 3 August 1815 9 May 1897 Place of Birth Chelsea, England Place of Death Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia Geologist Geographer Charles Nicolay was a clergyman who arrived in Western Australia in 1870 after ten years in Brazil where he was involved in various geological and geographical ventures. He was advisor to the Western Australian Government on geological matters. In 1881 he established a collection of mineral specimens in Fremantle, Western Australia's first public museum. This collection was transferred to Perth as one of the foundation collections of what became the Western Australian Museum. Nicolay arranged with the British Museum (Natural History) for the exchange of parts of the Youngedin meteorite for a collection of authenticated metallic ores of value for prospecting in Western Australia. His scientific correspondents included W. B. Clarke with whom he discussed the origins of diamonds. 1841 1841 Career event - Ordained Deacon in the Church of England by the Bishop of Exeter 1843 1858 Career position - Librarian, King's College, London 1844 1866 Award - Fellow, Royal Geographical Society, London 1854 1858 Career position - Lecturer on geography, King's College, London 1858 1870 Career position - Chaplain to British residents in Bahai, Brazil 1870 1874? Career position - Chaplain in Geraldton, Western Australia 1892 1897 Career position - Member, Aborigines Protection Board Western Australian Museum (1891 - )

Nicolay's mineral collections are in the Museum.

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 'Nicolay, Charles Grenfell', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Nicolay, Charles Grenfell Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Nicolay, Charles Grenfell (1815-1897), clergyman, geographer and geologist Playford, Phillip E.; Pridmore, I. Nicolay, Charles Grenfell (1815-1897), clergyman, geographer and geologist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1974 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 5: 1851 - 1890 K-Q Douglas Pike 340-341 Journal Article: "Those riches of which we are so proud": Western Australian geological collecting for international and intercolonial exhibitions 1850 - 1890 Zylstra, Baige "Those riches of which we are so proud": Western Australian geological collecting for international and intercolonial exhibitions 1850 - 1890 2020 Studies in Western Australian history 35 59-74 Journal Article: The Reverend C. G. Nicolay, Western Australia's first museum curator Playford, Phillip E.; and Pridmore, Isobel The Reverend C. G. Nicolay, Western Australia's first museum curator 1974 Records of the Western Australian Museum 3 1 78-81 Journal Article: Encounters with Charles Hartt, Louis Agassiz and the diamonds of Bahia: the geological activities of the Reverend Charles Grenfell Nicolay in Brazil, 1858-1869 Downes, Peter, McNamara, Kenneth and Bevan, Alex Encounters with Charles Hartt, Louis Agassiz and the diamonds of Bahia: the geological activities of the Reverend Charles Grenfell Nicolay in Brazil, 1858-1869 2014 Earth Sciences History 33 1 10-25 Journal Article: The Reverend Charles Grenfell Nicolay and the diamonds of Bahia, Brazil Downes, Peter J.; and Bevan, Alex W. R. The Reverend Charles Grenfell Nicolay and the diamonds of Bahia, Brazil 2012 Earth Sciences History Group Newsletter 43 9-15 Journal Article: Northampton lead, Kimberley gold and the Youndegin iron meteorite: early mineral collections in Western Australia (1848 - 1887) Downes, Peter J.; Deacon, Geoff L.; and Bevan, Alex W. R. Northampton lead, Kimberley gold and the Youndegin iron meteorite: early mineral collections in Western Australia (1848 - 1887) 2013 Earth Sciences History Group Newsletter 44 15-25 Journal Article: The Reverend C. G. Nicolay: a pioneer geographer, geologist, and museum curator in Western Australia Playford, P. E.; and Pridmore, I. The Reverend C. G. Nicolay: a pioneer geographer, geologist, and museum curator in Western Australia 1969 Early Days 7 29-33 Journal Article: Mineralogy at the Western Australian Museum Bevan, A. W. R.; and Downes, P. J. Mineralogy at the Western Australian Museum 2000 Australian Journal of Mineralogy 6 2 93-100 Book: The Forgotten Explorers: Pioneer geologists of Western Australia, 1826-1926 Glover, John; with Bevan, Jenny The Forgotten Explorers: Pioneer geologists of Western Australia, 1826-1926 Victoria Park, W.A. Hesperian Press 2010 Journal Article: The Fletcher Collection of Minerals at the Western Australian Museum: a Late 19th Century Gem Downes, Peter J.; Bevan, Alex W. R.; and Deacon, Geoff The Fletcher Collection of Minerals at the Western Australian Museum: a Late 19th Century Gem 2011 Australian Journal of Mineralogy 16 1 3-14 Charles Grenfell Nicolay - Records JS Battye Library of West Australian History, State Library of Western Australia Charles Grenfell Nicolay - Records ACC 1323A 1897 Envelope with an account from Sands and McDougall 1897. Charles Grenfell Nicolay - Records JS Battye Library of West Australian History, State Library of Western Australia Charles Grenfell Nicolay - Records ACC 12? 1875 Documents relating to the 1875 expedition led by him in search of coal on the Fitzgerald and Phillips Rivers (extract from his Crown Lands & Surveys Report). Charles Grenfell Nicolay - Records JS Battye Library of West Australian History, State Library of Western Australia Charles Grenfell Nicolay - Records ACC 1706A Microfilm of diaries of Frederick Nicolay with copies of sections relating to Western Australia. Charles Grenfell Nicolay - Records Western Australian Museum Charles Grenfell Nicolay - Records 1881 - 1890 "Journal of the Geological Museum" 1881-1890 (Nicolay as founder of the Geological Museum at Fremantle and probably editor of this Journal) [held Librarian's Office - rare books cupboard]. Charles Grenfell Nicolay - Records JS Battye Library of West Australian History, State Library of Western Australia Charles Grenfell Nicolay - Records PR5382 Biographical data collected by P.E. Playford and Isobel Pridmore for ADB article 1966-69.