Person

Kelly, William (1823 - 1909)

Born
21 October 1823
Dublin, Ireland
Died
30 January 1909
Dublin, Ireland
Occupation
Minister of religion, Scientist and Teacher

Summary

William Kelly was a Jesuit priest, teacher and amateur scientist. He taught religious education as well as in history, zoology, literature, physics, astronomy and chemistry. In 1871 he wrote a paper on tests for arsenic for Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. This won him election to the Society's council in 1872-1873. He also had a passion and talent for optics and astronomy. In 1882 the Royal Astronomical Society invited him to join the party which intended to observe the transit of Venus from the Blue Mountains.

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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

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Journal Articles

  • Kelly, William, 'On a Method of Combining Marsh's Test for Arsenic with Reinsch's', Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 10 (1874), 116. Details

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