Person
Kelly, William (1823 - 1909)
- Born
- 21 October 1823
Dublin, Ireland - Died
- 30 January 1909
Dublin, Ireland - Occupation
- Minister of religion, Scientist and Teacher
Summary
William Kelly was a Jesuit priest, teacher and amateur scientist. He taught religious education as well as in history, zoology, literature, physics, astronomy and chemistry. In 1871 he wrote a paper on tests for arsenic for Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. This won him election to the Society's council in 1872-1873. He also had a passion and talent for optics and astronomy. In 1882 the Royal Astronomical Society invited him to join the party which intended to observe the transit of Venus from the Blue Mountains.
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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
Book Sections
- O'Kelly, G. J., 'Kelly, William (1823-1909)' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Douglas Pike, ed., vol. 5 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1974), pp. 10-11. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A050013b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Kelly, William, 'On a Method of Combining Marsh's Test for Arsenic with Reinsch's', Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 10 (1874), 116. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21539490. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/94252978. Details
- 'Kelly, William (18231021-19090130)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-611216. Details
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Created: 18 October 2006, Last modified: 7 April 2022