Person
Scott, Herbert Hedley (1866 - 1938)
- Born
- 15 August 1866
London, England - Died
- 1 March 1938
Launceston, Tasmania, Australia - Occupation
- Museum curator and Naturalist
Summary
Herbert Scott was curator of the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, from 1897. He conducted research in palaeontology and was a leader of the local natural history societies and clubs.
Details
Chronology
- 1889
- Life event - Settled in Tasmania
- 1897 - ?
- Career position - Curator, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania
- 1934
- Award - Royal Society of Tasmania Medal
Related entries
Archival resources
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Community History Collection
- Herbert Hedley Scott - Records, 1897 - 1938; Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Community History Collection. Details
Published resources
Book Sections
- Plomley, N. J. B., 'Scott, Herbert Hedley (1866-1938), museum curator' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 11: 1891 - 1939 Nes-Smi, Geoffrey Serle, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1988), p. 546. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110561b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21539034. Details
- 'Scott, H H (1866-1938)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-628568. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 2 March 2018
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