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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2026-03-04 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001239b.htm person Hamilton Alexander Greenlaw AACR2 14 April 1852 21 October 1941 Place of Birth Bailieborough, Cavan, Ireland Place of Death Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia Naturalist Alexander Hamilton, a schoolteacher, devoted much of his time to natural history, was associated with various scientific societies and wrote widely on Australian flora and fauna. From 1907 he was a lecturer in Nature Study at the Teachers' College, Sydney. 1892 1892 Award - Royal Society of New South Wales Medal 1906 1925? Career position - Member of Council. Linnean Society of New South Wales 1915 1917 Career position - President, Linnean Society of New South Wales Royal Society of New South Wales Medal (1884 - )

Awarded the Medal 1892

 Linnean Society of New South Wales (1874 - )

President 1915 - 1917

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 Hamilton, Alexander Greenlaw (1852-1941)

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 'Hamilton, Alexander Greenlaw', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Hamilton, Alexander Greenlaw Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Hamilton, Alexander Greenlaw (1852-1941), schoolteacher and naturalist Gilbert, L. A. Hamilton, Alexander Greenlaw (1852-1941), schoolteacher and naturalist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1983 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 9: 1891 - 1939 Gil-Las Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 173-174 Journal Article: Notes on Australian land-planarians, with descriptions of new species Fletcher, J. J. and Hamilton, A. G. Notes on Australian land-planarians, with descriptions of new species 1887 Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, series 2 2 2 349-74 Journal Article: Alexander Greenlaw Hamilton, 1852-1941 (Memorial series, no. 10) E. C. A. [ie Ernest C. Andrews] Alexander Greenlaw Hamilton, 1852-1941 (Memorial series, no. 10) 1944 Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 69 3/4 176-184 Alexander Greenlaw Hamilton - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Alexander Greenlaw Hamilton - Records Uncatalogued MSS SET 482 1878 - 1941 Records 1885-91 including botanical drawings and notes (1 volume); manuscript and typescript copies of a book on nature study; photographs [uncatalogued MSS set 482]. Artwork, Photographs 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 J. D. Cox - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales J. D. Cox - Records B1174 1898 - 1906 Letters to J.D. Cox on zoological subjects 1898-1906, illustrated with photographs. Includes correspondence with A. G. Hamilton and J. J. Fletcher. 55 pages Linnean Society of New South Wales - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Linnean Society of New South Wales - Records ML MSS 2009 1826 - 1970 Includes: Minute books, 1862-1952; correspondence, 1882-1965 including letter books, 1882-1927; Chronological file, 1882-1967; Numbered files and unnumbered files; miscellanea, 1884-1964; financial papers, 1883-1970; library material, 1882-1959; newspaper cuttings, 1867-1970; various individual collections donated to the Society include papers of G. Bennett, 1866; H. H. B. Bradley, 1865-1877; J. W. Brazier, 1860-1867, 1922; S. Covington, 1831-1836, 1839; R. D. Fitzgerald, 1878-1883; J. J. Fletcher, 1887-1891, 1929; Sir William Flower, 1866; A. G. Hamilton, 1878-1941; A. Macleay, 1835+; Sir William Macleay, 1874-1888; W. S. Macleay, 1826-1862; T. G. Sloane, 1920-1932; Baron Von Mueller, 1884-1894, and W. Wools, 1880-1881. 56 volumes, 50 boxes, 1 folder, 1 case