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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. and Helen Cohn updated 2025-07-29 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002035b.htm person Scott Herbert Hedley AACR2 15 August 1866 1 March 1938 Place of Birth London, England Place of Death Launceston, Tasmania, Australia Museum curator Naturalist Herbert Scott was Curator of the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, for over 40 years from 1897. After moving to Tasmania in 1889, he quickly became involved in natural history activities, writing for local newspapers and helping to establish a microscopical society. From his earliest days in Launceston his circle of natural history friends included mineralogist William Petterd and geologist William Twelvetrees. As Curator, in which role he was much respected, he believed that museums had an important educative role. Working largely single-handedly, he performed every role from arranging exhibits to (in the early days) cleaning. Scott also found time to undertake research, largely on the vertebrates of Tasmania, particularly Cetaceae and extinct species. His co-author for many of his publications was Clive Lord of the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart. In 1934 Scott was awarded the Royal Society of Tasmania Medal. 1887 1887 Life event - Migrated to New Zealand 1889 1889 Life event - Settled in Tasmania 1897 1938 Career position - Curator, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania 1934 1934 Award - Royal Society of Tasmania Medal Scott, Eric Oswald Gale (1899 - 1986) Lord, Clive Errol (1889 - 1933) Twelvetrees, William Harper (1848 - 1919) Petterd, William Frederick (1849 - 1910) Royal Society of Tasmania Medal (1927 - )

Awarded the Medal 1934

 Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, City of Launceston (1891 - )

Curator 1897 - 1938

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 Scott, H H (1866-1938)

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 'Scott, Herbert Hedley', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Scott, Herbert Hedley Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: A synopsis of the vertebrate animals of Tasmania Lord, Clive E. and Scott, H. H. A synopsis of the vertebrate animals of Tasmania Hobart Oldham, Beddome and Meredith 1924 Book: Monograph of Nototherium tasmanicum Scott, H. H. Monograph of <span style="font-style:italic">Nototherium tasmanicum</span> Hobart Government Printer 1915 Journal Article: Studies of Tasmanian Cetaceae, part 4: Delphinus delphis Scott, H. H. and Lord, Clive E. Studies of Tasmanian Cetaceae, part 4: <span style="font-style:italic">Delphinus delphis</span> 1920 Papers and proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1920 1-10 Journal Article: The extinct Tasmanian emu Scott, H. H. The extinct Tasmanian emu 1931 Papers and proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1931 108-10 Journal Article: Tasmanian giant marsupials Scott, H. H. and Lord, Clive E. Tasmanian giant marsupials 1925 Papers and proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1925 1-4 Herbert Hedley Scott - Records Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Community History Collection Herbert Hedley Scott - Records 1897 - 1938 Records c1897-1938.