Person
King, Philip Gidley (the younger) (1817 - 1904)
- Born
- 31 October 1817
Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 5 August 1904
Double Bay, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Hydrographer and Pastoralist
Summary
Philip Gidley King sailed with his father P.P. King on the HMS "Adventure" 1826-1830 and became a midshipman on the "Beagle" in 1831. Both ships conducted hydrographic surveys of the South American coast and King became a life-long friend of Charles Darwin.
Details
Chronology
- 1888 -
- Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science
Related entries
Parent
Archival resources
Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales
- King Family - Records, 1831 - 1903, ML MSS 3447; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
Published resources
Book Sections
- O'Grady, Frank, 'King, Philip Gidley (1817-1904), pastoralist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 5: 1851 - 1890 K-Q, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1974), pp. 29-30. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/king-philip-gidley-3957. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21537140. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/245070207. Details
- 'King, Philip Gidley (18171031-19040805)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-560178. Details
Gavan McCarthy
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 26 September 2024
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