Person
Wickham, John Clements (1798 - 1864)
- Born
- 21 December 1798
Leith, Mid-Lothian, Scotland - Died
- 6 January 1864
France - Occupation
- Surveyor
Summary
John Wickham was Captain of the "Beagle" and conducted maritime surveys and scientific surveys around the Australian coast 1837-1841. He was the first Government Resident at Morton Bay where he was police magistrate from 1843.
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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
Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales
- John Clements Wickham - Records, 1839 - 1855; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
Published resources
Book Sections
- Morrison, A. A., 'Wickham, John Clements (1798-1864)' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 2: 1788 - 1850 I-Z, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1967), p. 597. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A020539b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Russell, H.C., 'Astronomical and Meteorological Workers in New South Wales, 1778-1860', Report of the first meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, 1 (1888), 45-94, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15813133. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q741094. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/169118911. Details
- 'Wickham, J C (17981121-18640106)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1467360. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 13 February 2018
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