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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2006-10-18 human Annette Alafaci updated 2024-10-16 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004821b.htm person Taylor Alfred Joseph AACR2 24 March 1849 9 October 1921 Place of Birth Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Place of Death Tasmania, Australia Public servant Phrenologist Librarian Alfred Joseph Taylor, public librarian of Hobart Library and close associate of Morton Allport, gave a report to the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science on the Silver Fields at Mount Zeehan, Tasmania (1890). "He was a phrenologist and ran a small private museum . . . He had two skulls taken from [Tasmanian] First People, one with part of the face still attached, which suggested the source was Dr James Scott" (Pybus 2024 page 292). 1888 1888 Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science Allport, Morton (1830 - 1878)

Close associate

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

Original [founding] member 1888 -

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 Taylor, Alfred Joseph (1849-1921)

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 'Taylor, Alfred Joseph', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Taylor, Alfred Joseph Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Notes on the New Silver Fields at Mount Zeehan, Tasmania Taylor, A.J. Notes on the New Silver Fields at Mount Zeehan, Tasmania Melbourne Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1890 Report of the second meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 2 407 Book Section: Taylor, Alfred Joseph (1849-1921), librarian and publicist Roe, Michael Taylor, Alfred Joseph (1849-1921), librarian and publicist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1976 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 6: 1851 - 1890 R - Z Bede Nairn 246-247 Book: A very secret trade: the dark story of gentlemen collectors in Tasmania Pybus, Cassandra A very secret trade: the dark story of gentlemen collectors in Tasmania Sydney Allen & Unwin 2024