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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2000-08-24 human Joanne Evans; Ken McInnes updated 2024-09-25 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P003096b.htm person Dennant John FGS AACR2 1839 13 June 1907 Place of Birth Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom Place of Death Camberwell, Victoria, Australia Educational administrator John Dennant was Inspector of Schools in Victoria from 1890, President of the Royal Society of Victoria (1903) and a Fellow of the Geological Society of London. He prepared a report on the "Estimation of Alkalies in Igneous Rocks" for the Second Meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science (1890), and he presented many papers to the Royal Society of Victoria. He arrived in Australia (Victoria) in 1872 and was a school headmaster from 1879. His large collection of Victorian fossils, containing almost all known tertiary fossils species at the time, was bought by the National Museum in December 1907. 1888 Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science Royal Society of Victoria (1859 - )

President 1903

 National Museum of Victoria (1858 - 1983)

Dennant's large collection of Victorian fossils, containing almost all known tertiary fossils species at the time, was bought by the Museum in December 1907.

 Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science (1888 - 1930)

Original [founding] member 1888 -

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 Dennant, John (1839-19070612)

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 'Dennant, John', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Dennant, John Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Note on the Estimation of Alkalies in Igneous Rocks [Abstract] Dennant, John Note on the Estimation of Alkalies in Igneous Rocks [Abstract] Melbourne Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1890 Report of the second meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 2 385-387 Dennant, John Portrait Dennant, John Portrait Royal Society of Victoria Presidential Portrait

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