Person
Sweet, George (1844 - 1920)
- Born
- 1844
Salisbury, Wiltshire, England - Died
- 14 March 1920
Brunswick, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Geologist
Summary
George Sweet was an amateur geologist, ran the Brunswick Brick, Tile & Pottery Co. and was chairman of the Pottery Manufacturers' Association. He built up an extensive fossil collection and worked for Frederick McCoy in the Mansfield district, Victoria 1888-1895 and with Edgeworth David on the Funafuti expedition in 1897. President of the Royal Society of Victoria 1905. Sweet's collection of fossils was donated to the National Museum of Victoria in 1902.
The George Sweet block of Queen's College, University of Melbourne is named in his honour, following a bequest in his will. His daughter Associate Professor Georgina laid the foundation stone.
Details
Chronology
- 1888 -
- Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science
- 1905
- Career position - President, Royal Society of Victoria
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Published resources
Journal Articles
- Sweet, G. and Brittlebank, C. C., 'The glacial deposits of the Bacchus Marsh district', Report of the meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, 5 (1893), 376-89. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5544989. Details
- 'Sweet, George', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1467298. Details
See also
- MacCallum, Monica, 'Sweet, Georgina (1875-1946), zoologist, academic and philanthropist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 12: 1891 - 1939 Smy-Z, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1990), pp. 149-150. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120168b.htm. Details
Digital resources
Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 2 October 2024
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