Person
Pittman, Edward Fisher (1849 - 1932)
- Born
- 31 July 1849
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 18 November 1932
South Yarra, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Geologist and Administrator
Summary
Edward Pittman was appointed New South Wales government geologist in 1891 and in 1902 became under secretary of the Department of Mines (and Agriculture until 1906) while continuing as government geologist. From 1883 he was chief mining surveyor for the colony.
Details
Chronology
- 1888 -
- Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science
- 1891 -
- Career position - Government Geologist, New South Wales
- 1914
- Career position - Local Secretary for Sydney, Section C (Geology), British Association for the Advancement of Science Meeting
Related entries
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- Collins, David, Chemistry in 19th Australia - Select Bibliography, An exhibition of the Encyclopedia circa 2005 with assistance from Ailie Smith and Gavan McCarthy., eScholarship Research Centre (original publisher), Melbourne, 2009, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/ciab/ciab_ALL.html. Details
Book Sections
- Vallance, T. G., 'Pittman, Edward Fisher (1849-1932), geologist and administrator' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 11: 1891 - 1939 Nes-Smi, Geoffrey Serle, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1988), pp. 241-242, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/pittman-edward-fisher-8060. Details
Journal Articles
- Pittman, E.F., 'Note on the Occurrence of a New Mineral at Broken Hill', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 27 (1893), 366-375. Details
- Pittman, E.F., 'Notes on Two New Mineral Substances from the Australian Broken Hill Consols Mine', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 29 (1895), 48-51. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21537077. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/294309142. Details
- 'Pittman, E F (1849-1849)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-550704. Details
Gavan McCarthy
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 3 October 2024
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