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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy updated 2024-10-16 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000144b.htm person Rusden Henry Keylock AACR2 30 January 1826 10 April 1910 Place of Birth Leith Hill Place, Surrey, England Place of Death Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Public servant Polemicist Henry Rusden was an autodidact who relished disputation and was a founder of the Eclectic Society in 1867 and a member of the Royal Society of Victoria. He was an amateur scientist who believed that every entity was subject to law and every human act and natural event had necessary, measurable consequences.

Born Leith Hill Place, near Dorking, Surrey, England, 30 January 1826. Died Melbourne, 10 April 1910. Arrived New South Wales 1834. Various jobs in the Riverina from 1841; joined the gold rushes in New England and Victoria; joined the Victorian public service 1853; accountant, Police Department, Victoria to 1891. Founder, Eclectic Society 1867 and member until it was disbanded 1894; founder, Sunday Free Discussion Society 1870; secretary, Royal Society of Victoria 1870-73, and 1877 and vice-president 1891-1900; secretary, Yorick Club; secretary, Cremation Society. Partly responsible for the first Australian legalisation of cremation, in Victoria in 1903.

1870 1873 Career position - Secretary, Royal Society of Victoria 1877 1877 Career position - Secretary, Royal Society of Victoria 1888 1888 Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1891 1900 Career position - Vice-President, Royal Society of Victoria Royal Society of Victoria (1859 - )

Secretary 1870 - 1873 and 1877; Vice-president 1891 - 1900

 Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science (1888 - 1930)

Original [founding] member 1888 -

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 'Rusden, Henry Keylock', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Rusden, Henry Keylock Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Rusden, Henry Keylock (1826-1910), public servant and polemicist Smith, F. B. Rusden, Henry Keylock (1826-1910), public servant and polemicist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1976 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 6: 1851 - 1890 R - Z Bede Nairn 73-74 Resource: Science and the making of Victoria Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre Science and the making of Victoria 2001 Henry Keylock Rusden - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Henry Keylock Rusden - Records A 2269 1897 Four letters to Rose Scott, January to March 1897 with reference to L. Leichhardt, in the Scott papers, volume 10 [A 2269]. 4 items