Person
Petterd, William Frederick (1849 - 1910)
- Born
- 13 July 1849
Hobart Town, Tasmania, Australia - Died
- 15 April 1910
Launceston, Tasmania, Australia - Occupation
- Mineralogist, Zoological collector and Conchologist
Summary
William Petterd published over 50 papers on geology and conchology. He was vice- president of the geology and mineralogy section of the Hobart meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science in 1902. In 1875 he participated in the Chevert Expedition to Papua New Guinea, and continued to collect Coleoptera and Lepidoptera specimens after the conclusion of the Expedition. After his death, Petterd's minerals collection was placed in the hands of the Royal Society of Tasmania. Petterdite, an oxychloride of lead, was named in his honour.
Details
Chronology
- 18 May 1875 - September 1875
- Career position - Zoological Collector, Chevert Expedition
- 1881 -
- Career position - Member, Royal Society of Tasmania
- 1902
- Career position - Vice President, Section C (Geology and Mineralogy), Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science
Related entries
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- Collins, David, Chemistry in 19th Australia - Select Bibliography, An exhibition of the Encyclopedia circa 2005 with assistance from Ailie Smith and Gavan McCarthy., eScholarship Research Centre (original publisher), Melbourne, 2009, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/ciab/ciab_ALL.html. Details
Books
- Petterd, W. F., A monograph of the land shells of Tasmania (Launceston, Tas: Launceston Examiner, 1897), 55 pp. Details
- Petterd, W. F., Catalogue of the minerals of Tasmania (Hobart: Government Printer, 1910), 221 pp. Details
Book Sections
- 'Petterd, William Frederick (1849-1910), scientist and boot importer' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Douglas Pike, ed., vol. 5 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1974), pp. 441-442. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A050486b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Kemp, Neal R.; and Bottrill, Ralph S., 'The mineralogical collections of the Tasmanian Museum, Hobart and the West Coast Pioneers' Memorial Museum, Zeehan', Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 6 (2) (2000), 75-82. Details
- Petterd, W.F., 'A catologue of the minerals known to occur on Tasmania, with notes on their distribution', Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Philosophical Society of Adelaide, South Australia (1893), 1-72. Details
- Petterd, W.F., 'Notes on a mineral substance new to Tasmania', Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania (1895), xx-xxi. Details
- Petterd, W.F., 'Classified list of the mineral species, known to occur in Tasmania', Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania (1896), 23-28. Details
- Petterd, W.F., 'Notes on some recently discovered and other minerals occurring in Tasmania', Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania (1897), 62-68. Details
- Twelvetrees, W.H.; and Petterd, W.F., 'On the occurrence of limurite in Tasmania', Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania (1897), 1-6. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q24045050. Details
- 'Petterd, William Frederick (1849-1910)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1463331. Details
- Rice, Tom, 'Petterd, William Frederick (1849 - 1910)', Shellers from the past and the present, Conchology Inc., Mactan Island, Philippines, 2023, https://www.conchology.be/?t=9001&id=27031. Details
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