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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-06-30 human Rosanne Walker updated 2024-10-16 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002521b.htm person Rix Henry Finch AACR2 12 January 1848 27 February 1906 Place of Birth Woolwich, Kent, England Place of Death Prahran, Victoria, Australia Educator Henry Rix was an inspector in the Victorian Education Department from 1885 until his death. He was a pioneer of teachers' congresses, an early advocate of school libraries and a supporter of the Arbor Day programme and played an important part in the establishment of the royal commission on technical education chaired by Theodore Fink. The Rix Medals, named in his honour, were awarded annually to the best girl and best boy at the Melbourne Continuation School (renamed Melbourne High School in 1912) from 1907 to 1927. 1867 1874 Career position - Teacher at Ironbark Hill, Sandhurst (Bendigo), Carlton, and Grenville College in Ballarat 1874 1884 Career position - Mathematics Master at Wesley College, Melbourne 1881 1881 Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA), University of Melbourne 1885 1904 Career position - Inspector for the Victorian Education Department 1905 1905 Career position - Senior Inspector for the Victorian Education Department

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