Person

Krausé, Ferdinand Moritz (1841 - 1918)

Born: 24 February 1841
Cassel, Germany
Died: 16 June 1918
South Africa
Occupation: Civil engineer and Geologist

Summary

Ferdinand Krausé, FGS FLS CE, was a surveyor with the Geological Survey of Victoria 1870-1880c, Lecturer and Museum Curator, Ballarat School of Mines 1880-1895 and Lecturer in Mining, University of Melbourne 1895-1897.

Details

Chronology

1865 - 1868: Career position - Engineer and surveyor, Water Supply Department
1870: Career event - Granted Certificate of Competency as Engineer and Surveyor (CE), (2nd Class No.B6), Shires Statute and Boroughs Statute 1869 VIC
1870 - c. 1880: Career position - Surveyor, Geological Survey of Victoria
8 Jan 1878: Career event - Victorian public servants summarily dismissed on 'Black Wednesday'
1880 - 1895: Career position - Lecturer and Museum Curator, Ballarat School of Mines
1886 - 1888: Career position - Municipal Engineer, Ballarat Shire
1888 -: Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science
1891: Career event - Member, Victorian Institute of Surveyors
1895 - 1897: Career position - Lecturer in Mining, University of Melbourne
1896: Publication - "Introduction to the study of Mineralogy for Australian readers"

Related Corporate Bodies

Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science (1888 - 1930)
Original [founding] member 1888 -
Ballarat School of Mines (1871 - c. 1976)
Lecturer and museum curator 1880 - 1895; Professor of Geology 1892 - 1895.
The University of Melbourne (1853 - )
Lecturer in Mining 1895 - 1897.
Victorian Department of Crown Lands and Survey, Colony and State of Victoria (1857 - 1983)
Surveyor, Geological Survey of Victoria, part of the Victorian Department of Crown Lands and Survey 1870 - 1880c.

Published resources

Book Sections

Knight, J. L.; Day, P. L., 'Krausé, Ferdinand Moritz (1841-1918), civil engineer and geologist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 5: 1851 - 1890 K-Q, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1974), p. 42. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/krause-ferdinand-moritz-3971. Details

Resources

Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q24088281. Details
VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/201242655. Details
'Krausé, Ferdinand Moritz (1841-1918)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1469011. Details

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Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 26 September 2024

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