Person

Ulrich, Georg Heinrich Friedrich (1830 - 1900)

Born
7 July 1830
Prussia
Died
26 May 1900
Port Chalmers, New Zealand
Occupation
Geologist and Mineralogist

Summary

Georg Ulrich worked as a geologist on the Geological Survey of Victoria 1857-1869. He was appointed Lecturer in Mineralogy at the Industrial and Technological Museum, Melbourne, and Lecturer in Mining in 1870 at the University of Melbourne.

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Chronology

1857 - 1869
Career position - Geological Survey of Victoria
1870 -
Career position - Lecturer in Mineralogy, Industrial and Technological Museum
1870 -
Career position - Lecturer in mining, University of Melbourne
1888
Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science

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Book Sections

Journal Articles

  • Birch, William D.; and Darragh, Thomas A., 'George Henry Frederick Ulrich (1830 - 1900): pioneer mineralogist and geologist in Victoria', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 127 (1) (2015), 17-38, https://doi.org/10.1071/RS15002. Details
  • Darragh, Thomas A., 'George Ulrich's contributions in German in Victorian geology, mining amd mineralogy (1859 - 1864)', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 134 (1) (2022), 7-44, https://doi.org/10.1071/RS22001. Details
  • Dunn, E. J.; and Mahony, D. J., 'Biographical Sketch of the Founders of the Geological Survey of Victoria', Bulletins of The Geological Survey of Victoria, 23 (1910), 48. Details

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See also

Gavan McCarthy

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