Person

Wood, Charles Sturtevant (? - 1864)

Born
England
Died
1 May 1864
Occupation
Geologist

Summary

Charles Wood worked in the Analytical Laboratory of the Geological Survey of Victoria April 1863 - May 1864. Earlier he was Assistant to James Hector on the Geological Survey of Otago 1862-1863.

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Archival resources

Museum Victoria

  • Charles Sturtevant Wood - Records, 1862 - 1864; Museum Victoria. Details

Published resources

Journal Articles

  • Darragh, Thomas A., 'Charles Sturtevant Wood, Analyst, his Work and his Correspondence with James Hector', Historical Records of Australian Science, 7 (3) (1988), 231-271. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9880730231. Details
  • Dunn, E. J.; and Mahony, D. J., 'Biographical Sketch of the Founders of the Geological Survey of Victoria', Bulletins of The Geological Survey of Victoria, 23 (1910), 48. Details

Resources

McCarthy, G.J.

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