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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy updated 2025-03-04 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000194b.htm person Wilson John Bracebridge FLS AACR2 13 September 1828 22 October 1895 Place of Birth England Place of Death Geelong, Victoria, Australia Naturalist Headmaster John Wilson migrated to Australia in 1857 to teach. Within four months, he was third-in-charge at the Geelong Church of England Grammar School. In June 1860 / 1861 the school folded, so Wilson and his colleague Thomas Hutton rented some neighbouring cottages and continued to teach about forty of the students. This little 'High School' proved to be very successful and when the new Geelong Grammar School was opened c.1862, Wilson was appointed its Headmaster. He also kept up his scientific interests, completed a Master of Art at the University of Melbourne and became a well known marine biologist. He wrote several scientific articles and collected widely. Many of his specimens were donated to the Royal Society of Victoria and the British and Australian museums. 1852 1852 Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA), University of Cambridge, UK 24 Nov 1857 24 Nov 1857 Life event - Migrated to Australia (Melbourne) 1858 1859 Career position - Third Master of Geelong Church of England Grammar School 1859 c. 1861 Career position - Second Master of Geelong Church of England Grammar School c. 1861 c. 1861 Life event - Geelong Church of England Grammar School closed down due to financial troubles c. 1862 Career position - Headmaster of the (new) Geelong Grammar School 1876 1876 Education - Master of Arts (MA), University of Melbourne 1882 1882 Award - Fellow, The Linnean Society of London (FLS) 1888 1888 Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science Rupp, Herman Montague Rucker (1872 - 1956)

John Wilson was the uncle of Herman Rupp

 Williams, William (1848 - 1913)

Wilson sponsored Williams as a Fellow of the Linnean Society, 1889

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

Original [founding] member 1888 -

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 'Wilson, John Bracebridge', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Wilson, John Bracebridge Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Wilson, John Bracebridge (1828-1895), headmaster and naturalist Brown, P. L. Wilson, John Bracebridge (1828-1895), headmaster and naturalist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1976 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 6: 1851 - 1890 R - Z Bede Nairn 417-418 Edited Book: The Cruise of the "Gipsy": the Journal of John Wilson, Surgeon on a Whaling Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, 1839-1843 Forster, Honore The Cruise of the "Gipsy": the Journal of John Wilson, Surgeon on a Whaling Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, 1839-1843 Fairfield, Washington Ye Galleon Press 1991 Book: Florula corioensis: or, excursions near Geelong in search of plants, with a list of those collected Wilson, J. Bracebridge Florula corioensis: or, excursions near Geelong in search of plants, with a list of those collected Geelong, Vic. G. Mercer 1889 Journal Article: Botanical pioneers in Victoria - II Willis, J. H. Botanical pioneers in Victoria - II 1949 Victorian Naturalist 66 6 103-9 Journal Article: Port Phillip Heads: a phycological saga Ducker, Sophie C. Port Phillip Heads: a phycological saga 1983 Phycologia 22 431-443 Resource: Caught & Coloured: Zoological Illustrations from Colonial Victoria Museum Victoria Caught & Coloured: Zoological Illustrations from Colonial Victoria 2006 Resource: Science and the making of Victoria Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre Science and the making of Victoria 2001 Book: Botanical Pioneers in Victoria Willis, J. H. Botanical Pioneers in Victoria [Melbourne] [Brown Prior Anderson] 1949 The Victorian naturalist 66 19 Journal Article: Records of Victorian Botanists Maiden, J. H. Records of Victorian Botanists 1908 The Victorian naturalist 25 101-117 John Bracebridge Wilson - Records Timbertop, Geelong Grammar School John Bracebridge Wilson - Records Letter-books and school records. Australian Botanists - Biographies Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science Australian Botanists - Biographies MS 064 Hunt Institute Biographies. Short biographies, averaging 2 pages, of Australian botanists, botanical collectors or artists. 0.24 m, 3 boxes