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Hall, Thomas Sergeant (1858 - 1915)

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Born
23 December 1858
Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Died
21 December 1915
Camberwell, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Palaeontologist and Biologist

Summary

Thomas Hall became a Lecturer and Demonstrator in Biology at the University of Melbourne in 1893 and continued his work on a range of geological and palaeontological subjects. He wrote widely for journals and newspapers. President of the Royal Society of Victoria 1914-1915.

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Chronology

1902
Career position - President, Section C (Geology and Mineralogy), Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science
1914
Career position - Local Secretary for Melbourne , Section D (Zoology), British Association for the Advancement of Science Meeting
1914 - 1915
Career position - President, Royal Society of Victoria

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Museum Victoria

  • Thomas Sergeant Hall - Records, 1890 - 1900; Museum Victoria. Details

State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection

  • Thomas Sergeant Hall - Records, 1858 - 1915; State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection. Details

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Books

  • Hall, T. S., Victorian hill and dale: a series of geological rambles (Melbourne: T. C. Lothian, 1909), 160 pp. Details
  • Laughton, A. M.; and Hall, T. S., Handbook to Victoria: prepared for the members of the 'British Association for the Advancement of Science', on the occasion of their visit to Victoria, under the direction of the Victorian Executive Committee (Melbourne: 1914), 382 pp. Details

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