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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-06-30 human Rosanne Walker and Helen Cohn updated 2025-02-25 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002774b.htm person Woodward Bernard Henry AACR2 31 January 1846 14 October 1916 Place of Birth Islington, England Place of Death Harvey, Western Australia, Australia Museum director Geologist Analyst Bernard Woodward was a geologist and museum director who, after his arrival in Western Australia in 1889, was appointed to several government positions. These included Government Analyst, Inspector of Mineral Oils, and Assistant Examiner in Patents. He also became Curator of the Geological Museum in 1889 and, after the Museum became the Western Australian Museum and Art Gallery in 1897, continued as Director of that Museum. He added significantly to the Museum's collections, published guides to the Museums holdings, and was the inaugural Editor of the Museum's Records. Woodward was a founding member of the Western Australian Natural History Society, and President of the Society after it's revival. The botanist Joseph Maiden named Eucalyptus woodwardii Maiden (1910) in his honour. He is commemorated with Woodward Park reserve.

Born 31 January 1846. Died 14 October 1916. Assistant, department of geology and mineralogy, British Museum (Natural History) 1848-?, arrived Western Australia 1889, government analyst 1889-1895, inspector of mineral oils 1893, examined problems in flour 1894, assistant examiner in patents 1896, curator, Geological Museum, Perth from 1889, director, Western Australian Museum and Art Gallery 1897-1916. Foundation president 1896 and president 1914, Society of Arts, founder, Western Australian Natural History Society (the Royal society from 1912), president, Toodyay Vine and Fruit-growers' Association 1893-98. Commemorated by Woodward Park reserve,

1889 1889 Life event - Migrated to Western Australia 1889 1895 Career position - Government Analyst for Western Australia 1889 1897 Career position - Curator, Geological Museum, Perth 1889 1916 Career position - Director, Western Australian Museum and Art Gallery 1891 1891 Career position - Foundation Member, Western Australian Natural History Society 1893 1893 Career event - Appointed Inspector of Mineral Oils 1893 1898 Career position - President, Toodyay Vine and Fruit-growers' Association 1894 1894 Career event - Examined problems in flour 1896 1896 Career position - Foundation President, Society of Arts 1905 1906 Career position - President, Western Australian Natural History Society (1904 - 1909) 1910 1910 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus woodwardii Maiden was named in his honour 1910 1914 Career position - Editor, Records of the Western Australian Museum 1914 1914 Career position - President, Society of Arts 1986 1986 Career event - Appointed Assistant Examiner in Patents Tunney, John Thomas (1870 - 1929)

Invited by Woodward to be collector for museum c.10 years from 1895

 Western Australian Museum (1891 - )

Director 1897 - 1916

 Western Australian Natural History Society [II] (1904 - 1909)

President 1905 - 1906

 Woodward, Henry Page (1858 - 1917)

Bernard was Henry's father

 Colony of Western Australia (1829 - 1901)

Government Analyst 1889 - 1895

 Western Australian Natural History Society [I] (1891 - 1898)

Foundation Member 1891

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 Woodward, Bernard Henry (1846-1916)

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 'Woodward, Bernard Henry', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Woodward, Bernard Henry Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: Guide to the contents of the Western Australian Museum and Art Gallery with a list of the Western Australian marsupials and birds in the collection Woodward, B. H. Guide to the contents of the Western Australian Museum and Art Gallery with a list of the Western Australian marsupials and birds in the collection Perth Committee of the Western Australian Museum and Art Gallery 1900 Journal Article: National parks and the fauna and flora reserves of Australasia Woodward, B. H. National parks and the fauna and flora reserves of Australasia 1907 Journal of the West Australian Natural History Society 4 13-20 Journal Article: Recent discoveries regarding the fauna of Western Australia Woodward, B. H. Recent discoveries regarding the fauna of Western Australia 1905 Journal of the West Australian Natural History Society 2 6 7-20 Book: Guide to the contents of the Western Australian Museum and Art Gallery Woodward, Bernard Guide to the contents of the Western Australian Museum and Art Gallery Perth Ames and Heller 1900 Journal Article: "Those riches of which we are so proud": Western Australian geological collecting for international and intercolonial exhibitions 1850 - 1890 Zylstra, Baige "Those riches of which we are so proud": Western Australian geological collecting for international and intercolonial exhibitions 1850 - 1890 2020 Studies in Western Australian history 35 59-74 Journal Article: Professor Tennant's fossils: a founding collection of the Western Australian Museum Mcnamara, Kenneth J.; and Radford, Susan P. Professor Tennant's fossils: a founding collection of the Western Australian Museum 2020 Studies in Western Australian history 35 111-27 Book Section: A history of ornithology at the Western Australian Museum Johnstone, R. E. A history of ornithology at the Western Australian Museum Cambridge, Mass. Nuttall Ornithological Club 2008 Contributions to the History of Australasian Ornithology Davis, William E.; Recher, Harry E.; Boles, Walter E.; and Jackson, Jerome A. 165-98 Journal Article: "Nature's marvels": the value of collections extracted from colonial Western Australia Paterson, Alistair; and Witcomb, Andrea "Nature's marvels": the value of collections extracted from colonial Western Australia 2021 Journal of Australian studies 45 2 197-220 Book Section: Woodward, Bernard Henry (1846-1916), museum director Crawford, Ian M. Woodward, Bernard Henry (1846-1916), museum director Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1990 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 12: 1891 - 1939 Smy-Z John Ritchie 567-568 Book: Botanists of the Eucalypts: short biographies of people who have named eucalypts, whose names have been given to species or who have collected type material Hall, Norman Botanists of the Eucalypts: short biographies of people who have named eucalypts, whose names have been given to species or who have collected type material Melbourne CSIRO 1978

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