Person
Taylor, Alfred Joseph (1849 - 1921)
- Born
- 24 March 1849
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia - Died
- 9 October 1921
Tasmania, Australia - Occupation
- Librarian, Phrenologist and Public servant
Summary
Alfred Joseph Taylor, public librarian of Hobart Library and close associate of Morton Allport, gave a report to the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science on the Silver Fields at Mount Zeehan, Tasmania (1890). "He was a phrenologist and ran a small private museum . . . He had two skulls taken from [Tasmanian] First People, one with part of the face still attached, which suggested the source was Dr James Scott" (Pybus 2024 page 292).
Details
Chronology
- 1888
- Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science
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
- Roe, Michael, 'Taylor, Alfred Joseph' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 6: 1851 - 1890 R - Z, Bede Nairn, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1976), pp. 246-247. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A060262b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Taylor, A.J., 'Notes on the New Silver Fields at Mount Zeehan, Tasmania', Report of the second meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, 2 (1890), 407, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14563385. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21535409. Details
- 'Taylor, Alfred Joseph (1849-1921)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1468349. Details
See also
- Pybus, Cassandra, A very secret trade: the dark story of gentlemen collectors in Tasmania (Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 2024), 318 pp. https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/book/Cassandra-Pybus-Very-Secret-Trade-9781761066344. Pages 292. Details
Annette Alafaci
Created: 18 October 2006, Last modified: 16 October 2024