Person
Lefroy, John Henry (1817 - 1890)
- Born
- 28 January 1817
Ashe, Hampshire, England - Died
- 11 April 1890
Lewarne, Cornwall, England - Occupation
- Magnetician and Governor
Summary
John Lefroy, Governor of Tasmania 1880-1882, had served as a scientific adviser to the War-Office, London 1854-1855 and as Director of the Magnetic Observatory, St. Helena 1840-1842. He wrote widely on scientific subjects including Australia.
Details
Chronology
- 1880 - 1882
- Career position - Governor of Tasmania
- April 1880 - December 1881
- Career position - President, Royal Society of Tasmania
Related entries
Archival resources
National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection
- John Henry Lefroy - Records, 1880 - 1881, mfm M938 and mfm M974; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details
Published resources
Book Sections
- 'Lefroy, Sir John Henry (1817-1890), soldier, governor and administrator' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 5: 1851 - 1890 K-Q, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1974), pp. 77-78. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A050090b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q6238868. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/56913901. Details
- 'Lefroy, J H (1817-1890)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476958. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Lefroy, John Henry', in Physics in Australia to 1945, R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham, Australian Science Archives Project, June 1995, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/physics/P000569p.htm. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 13 January 2022
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