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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes updated 2025-11-20 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000186b.htm person Wilkinson Charles Smith FGS FLS AACR2 22 August 1843 26 August 1891 Place of Birth Potterspury, Northamptonshire, England Place of Death Burwood, New South Wales, Australia Geologist Charles Wilkinson was appointed geological surveyor in charge of the Department of Mines in 1875 in New South Wales. Prior to that he had been involved in the Victorian Geological Survey. 1861 1866 Career position - Field assistant to Richard Daintree, Geological Survey office, Melbourne 1866 1866 Career position - Field Geologist, Geological Survey office, Melbourne 1874 1874 Career event - Member, Royal Society of New South Wales 1874 1875 Career position - Geological Surveyor, Lands Department of New South Wales 1876 1876 Award - Fellow, Geological Society, London (FGS) 1881 1881 Award - Fellow, Linnean Society, London (FLS) 1886 1886 Career event - Member, Engineering Association of New South Wales 1887 1888 Career position - President, Royal Society of New South Wales 1888 1888 Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1901 1901 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus wilkinsoniana R.T.Baker (= Eucalyptus eugenioides Sieber ex Spreng. (1827)) Daintree, Richard (1832 - 1878) Royal Society of New South Wales (1866 - )

President 1887 - 1888

 Geological Survey of Victoria (1852 - )

Field Assistant to Richard Daintree, 1861 - 1863; Geology Surveyor 1863 - 1866; Geologist 1866 - 1868.

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

Original [founding] member 1888 -

 Natural History Association of New South Wales (1887 - 1891?)

Attended the initial meeting 1887

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 Wilkinson, C S (1843-1891)

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 'Wilkinson, Charles Smith', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Wilkinson, Charles Smith Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: On the Theory of the Formation of Gold Nuggets in Drift Wilkinson, Charles Smith. On the Theory of the Formation of Gold Nuggets in Drift Melbourne Wilson & Mackinnon 1867 Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 8 11-15 Book Section: Charles Smith Wilkinson, 1843-1891 Branagan, D. F. Charles Smith Wilkinson, 1843-1891 Oxford Oxford University Press 2004 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Book Section: Wilkinson, Charles Smith (1843-1891), geologist Hoare, Michael Wilkinson, Charles Smith (1843-1891), geologist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1976 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 6: 1851 - 1890 R - Z Bede Nairn 402-403 Journal Article: Charles Smith Wilkinson and the Geological Survey of New South Wales, 1875-1891 Adrian, J. Charles Smith Wilkinson and the Geological Survey of New South Wales, 1875-1891 1992 Geological Society of Australia, Earth Sciences History Group Newsletter 15 7-10 Journal Article: President's address Wilkinson, C. S. President's address 1889 Journal and proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 22 1-43 Journal Article: Biographical Sketch of the Founders of the Geological Survey of Victoria Dunn, E. J.; and Mahony, D. J. Biographical Sketch of the Founders of the Geological Survey of Victoria Melbourne J. Kemp 1910 Bulletins of The Geological Survey of Victoria 23 48 Book: Dictionary of Australian biography Serle, Percival Dictionary of Australian biography Sydney Angus & Robertson 1949 Resource: Science and the making of Victoria Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre Science and the making of Victoria 2001 Book: Botanists of the Eucalypts: short biographies of people who have named eucalypts, whose names have been given to species or who have collected type material Hall, Norman Botanists of the Eucalypts: short biographies of people who have named eucalypts, whose names have been given to species or who have collected type material Melbourne CSIRO 1978

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