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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. and Helen Cohn updated 2024-10-16 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001124b.htm person Bedford Robert AACR2 Buddicom, Robert Arthur 7 November 1874 14 February 1951 Place of Birth Shropshire, England Place of Death Kyancutta, South Australia, Australia Museum director Palaeontologist Robert Bedford (formerly Robert Buddicom) was a keen palaeontologist who made considerable contributions to geology especially in the fields of fossil Archaeocyatha and meteorites. He had a varied career in the United Kingdom, including working as a museum curator, market gardener, a demonstrator and lecturer in a London hospital, and founder of the short-lived magazine, Life studies: the journal of our society. He migrated to Australia in 1915, changing his name to Robert Bedford, and settling in Kyancutta, South Australia. For a time he was occupied in farming, but also provided medical services, mined guano, and from 1922 ran a general store. He sent regular weather reports from Kyancutta to Adelaide, resulting in the recognition of Kyancutta as an official weather-station. Continuing his interest in palaeontology, he travelled through South Australia looking for fossils. Aboriginal relics were also among the material he collected. The Henbury meteorite craters in Central Australia were a focus in the 1930s. This caused some ructions with some members of the South Australian geological establishment who wanted a reserve declared to prevent just anyone from collecting specimens. In 1929 Buddicom (as Beford) opened the Kyancutta Museum to house his collections. From 1934 he published the Memoirs of the Kyancutta Museum. 1897 1897 Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA), University of Oxford 1897 1898 Career position - Oxford Biological Scholar, Marine Biological Station, Naples, Italy 1899 1910 Award - Fellow, Geological Society of London 1900 1901 Career position - Curator, Plymouth Museum and Art Gallery 1902 1902 Career position - Founder and Editor, Life studies: the journal of our society 1906 1914 Career position - Demonstrator and lecturer, London Hospital Medical College 1915 1915 Life event - Migrated to Australia 1920 1920 Career position - Founder, Adelaide Rationalist Society 1929 1929 Career event - Opened the Kyancutta Museum and Library to house his palaeontological specimens 1931 1937 Career event - Examined meteorite craters, Henbury, Central Australia Kyancutta Museum (1929 - 1971)

Founded the Museum 1929

 Bedford, Robert (1874-1951)

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 'Bedford, Robert', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Bedford, Robert Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: New species of Archaeocyathinae and other organisms from the Lower Cambrian of Beltana, South Australia Bedford, R. and Bedford, W. R. New species of Archaeocyathinae and other organisms from the Lower Cambrian of Beltana, South Australia 1934 Memoirs of the Kyancutta Museum 1 1-7 Journal Article: Further notes on the Cyathospongia (Archaeocyathi) and other organisms from the Lower Cambrian of Beltana, South Australia Bedford, R. and Bedford, J. Further notes on the <span style="font-style:italic">Cyathospongia</span> (Archaeocyathi) and other organisms from the Lower Cambrian of Beltana, South Australia 1936 Memoirs of the Kyancutta Museum 3 21-6 Journal Article: Anatomy and classification of the Pleospongia (Cyathospongia) from the Lower Cambrian of Beltana, South Australia Bedford, R. and Bedford, J. Anatomy and classification of the <span style="font-style:italic">Pleospongia</span> (<span style="font-style:italic">Cyathospongia</span>) from the Lower Cambrian of Beltana, South Australia 1937 Memoirs of the Kyancutta Museum 3A 1-11 Journal Article: Development and classification of Archaeos (Pleospongia) Bedford, R. and Bedford, J. Development and classification of Archaeos (<span style="font-style:italic">Pleospongia</span>) 1939 Memoirs of the Kyancutta Museum 6 67082 Journal Article: Further notes on Archaeocyathi (Cyathospongia) and other organisms from the Lower Cambrian of Beltana, South Australia Bedford, R. and Bedford, W. R. Further notes on Archaeocyathi (<span style="font-style:italic">Cyathospongia</span>) and other organisms from the Lower Cambrian of Beltana, South Australia 1936 Memoirs of the Kyancutta Museum 2 9-20 Journal Article: Further notes on Archaeos (Pleospongia) from the Lower Cambrian of South Australia Bedford, R. and Bedford, J. Further notes on Archaeos (<span style="font-style:italic">Pleospongia</span>) from the Lower Cambrian of South Australia 1937 Memoirs of the Kyancutta Museum 4 27-38 Journal Article: Historical perspective: the Kyancutta Museum Cooper, B. J. Historical perspective: the Kyancutta Museum 1987 Geological Survey of South Australia, quarterly notes 103 2-3 Journal Article: Robert Bedford and the Kyancutta Institute Luscombe, Ned and Luscombe, Margaret Robert Bedford and the Kyancutta Institute 2017 Useful knowledge: the magazine of the Mechanics’ Institute of Victoria 44 9-12 Book: Robert Bedford of Kyancutta Laube, Sylvia Robert Bedford of Kyancutta Norwood, S.A. The Wednesday Press 1990 Journal Article: Robert Bedford and the Kyancutta Institute Lowden, J. Robert Bedford and the Kyancutta Institute 2017 Useful knowledge: the magazine of the Mechanics Institutes of Victoria 44 9-12 Journal Article: The delight that work alone can give: Robert "The Prof" Bedford provided medical services in South Australia for over 20 years, despite having no medical qualifications Sorokin, Michael The delight that work alone can give: Robert "The Prof" Bedford provided medical services in South Australia for over 20 years, despite having no medical qualifications 2010 Medical Journal of Australia 193 11/12 718-9 Journal Article: Robert Bedford (1874 1951), the Kyancutta museum, and a unique contribution to international geology Cooper, Barry J. and Jago, James B. Robert Bedford (1874 1951), the Kyancutta museum, and a unique contribution to international geology 2018 Earth sciences history 37 2 416-43 Journal Article: Robert Buddicom: prophet and utopist Brett-Crowther, M. R. Robert Buddicom: prophet and utopist 1974 Shropshire Magazine August Book Section: Buddicom, Robert Arthur (1874-1951), scientist and local entrepreneur Brett-Crowther, M. R. Buddicom, Robert Arthur (1874-1951), scientist and local entrepreneur Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1979 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 7: 1891 - 1939 A-Ch Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 475-476 Book: Henbury craters and meteorites: their discovery, history and study Buhl, Svend and McColl, Don Henbury craters and meteorites: their discovery, history and study 2nd Cham, Switzerland Springer International Publishing AG 2015 Journal Article: The geology collections of Museum Victoria, Melbourne Birch, W. D.; and Henry, D. A. The geology collections of Museum Victoria, Melbourne 2000 Australian Journal of Mineralogy 6 2 83-91 Robert Bedford - Records Barr Smith Library, Special Collections, The University of Adelaide Robert Bedford - Records 92/B4113p 1930 - 1966 Catalogue containing notes on meteorites and Egyptian antiquities regarding items held in the Kyancutta Museum, South Australia, and the collection of Robert Bedford; correspondence and newspaper articles regarding meteorites; albums of photographs mainly concerning meteorites; overall dates 1930-66 [18 cm, 92/B4113p (SR)]. 0.18 m, 4 volumes