Person

Hart, Thomas Stephen (1871 - 1960)

Born
30 March 1871
Caulfield, Victoria, Australia
Died
26 June 1960
Croydon, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Geologist and Botanist

Summary

Thomas Hart lectured in geology and botany at the Ballarat School of Mines from 1896 and became a Professor in 1908. In 1913 he became the first senior master of the Victorian School of Forestry, Creswick. From 1916 he lectured at various educational institutions in Victoria and wrote widely on Victorian natural history. The National Herbarium of Victoria holds over 400 of Hart's specimens.

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Chronology

1913 - 1916
Career event - First senior master of the Victorian School of Forestry

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Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

  • Australian Botanists - Biographies, MS 064; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

National Herbarium, Melbourne

  • Thomas Stephen Hart - Records, 1886 - 1896, MSS M24; National Herbarium, Melbourne. Details

State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection

  • Thomas Stephen Hart - Records, 1900 - 1960; State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

  • Farrall, Lyndsay, 'Hart, Thomas Stephen (1871-1960), scientist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 9: 1891 - 1939 Gil-Las, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1983), pp. 221-222. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090222b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

  • Willis, J. H., 'Thomas Stephen Hart (1871-1960)', The Victorian naturalist, 77 (1960), 111-14. Details

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See also

  • Science and the making of Victoria, with Royal Society of Victoria, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/smv/index_h.html. Details
  • Willis, J. H., 'Botanical pioneers in Victoria - III', Victorian naturalist, 66 (7) (1949), 123-8. Details
  • Willis, J. H., Botanical Pioneers in Victoria, vol. 66 ([Melbourne]: [Brown Prior Anderson], 1949), 19 pp. Details

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