Person
Crowther, William Lodewyk (1817 - 1885)
- Born
- 15 April 1817
Haarlem, Netherlands - Died
- 12 April 1885
- Occupation
- Surgeon and Naturalist
Summary
William Crowther arrived in Hobart Town in 1825 with his family and developed a strong interest in natural history. He also had wide business interests and was Premier of Tasmania 1878-1879. He was a corresponding member of the Royal Zoological Society.
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Archival resources
Archives Office of Tasmania
- William Lodewyk Crowther - Records, 1825 - 1885, CSO 7/23/127; Archives Office of Tasmania. Details
Published resources
Books
- Pybus, Cassandra, A very secret trade: the dark story of gentlemen collectors in Tasmania (Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 2024), 318 pp. https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/book/Cassandra-Pybus-Very-Secret-Trade-9781761066344. Pages 6-9, 18-66, 189, 190, 193, 199-224, 241, 280. Details
Book Sections
- Crowther, W.E.L.H., 'Crowther, William Lodewyk (1817-1885), surgeon, naturalist and parliamentarian' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 3: 1851 - 1890 A-C, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1969), pp. 501-503. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A030469b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Abbie, A. A., 'An examination of the W. L. Crowther collection of skeletal material', Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 98 (1964), 53-62. Details
- Whitley, Gilbert P., 'Some Early Naturalists and Collectors in Australia', Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, xix (1933), 291-304. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q15501493. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/169016594. Details
- 'Crowther, William Lodewyk (1817-1885)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1464176. Details
See also
- Petrow, Stefan, 'The Last Man: the Mutilation of William Lanne in 1869 and its Aftermath', Australian Cultural History, 16 (1997-1998), 18-44. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 12 February 2018
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