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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-06-30 human Rosanne Walker updated 2025-10-14 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002500b.htm person Pritchard George Baxter AACR2 17 October 1869 2 August 1956 Place of Birth Gravesend, Kent, England Place of Death Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia Geologist George Pritchard was Head of the School of Mines at the Working Men's College (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) from 1897 to 1934. He also lectured at the University of Melbourne and at Gordon Technical College in Geelong. After Pritchard retired he taught at two Melbourne secondary schools and worked as a private geological consultant for oil searches in Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia. He published largely in the area of tertiary stratigraphy and mollusc palaeontology. 1891 1891 Career position - Demonstrator and Assistant in Natural Science, University of Adelaide 1892 1897 Career position - Instructor in Geology and Mineralogy at the Working Men's College in Melbourne 1897 1934 Career position - Head and Lecturer of Metallurgy and Assaying at the School of Mines, Working Men's College 1899 1899 Career position - Joint Acting-Professor of Natural Science, University of Melbourne 1908 1908 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne 1911 1911 Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Melbourne 1934 1934 Career position - Retired from all university appointments c. 1935 c. 1936 Career position - Teacher (part-time) at Trinity Grammar School in Kew, Victoria 1939 1947 Career position - Teacher (part-time) at Scotch College, Victoria Working Men's College (1882 - 1933)

Head and Lecturer, Metallurgy and Assaying, School of Mines, 1897-1934; Instructor in Geology and Mineralogy, 1892-1897

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 Pritchard, G B (1869-1956)

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 'Pritchard, George Baxter', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Pritchard, George Baxter Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: RMIT University History RMIT University Archives RMIT University History RMIT University Archives 2022 Book: Old Yarra history as told by the geology of Burnley, Heyington, Tooronga Pritchard, G. B. Old Yarra history as told by the geology of Burnley, Heyington, Tooronga Melbourne F. W. Cheshire 1944