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Pritchard, George Baxter (1869 - 1956)

Geologist

Born: 17 October 1869 Gravesend, Kent, England. Died: 2 August 1956 Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia.

George Baxter Pritchard was Head of the School of Mines at the Working Men's College (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) from 1897 to 1934. He also lectured at the University of Melbourne and at Gordon Technical College in Geelong. After Pritchard retired he taught at two Melbourne secondary schools and worked as a private geological consultant for oil searches in Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia. He published largely in the area of tertiary stratigraphy and mollusc palaeontology.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1891 Demonstrator and Assistant in Natural Science at the University of Adelaide
1892 - 1897 Instructor in Geology and Mineralogy at the Working Men's College in Melbourne
1897 - 1934 Head and Lecturer of Metallurgy and Assaying at the School of Mines, Working Men's College
1899 Joint Acting-Professor of Natural Science at the University of Melbourne
1908 Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Melbourne
1911 Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of Melbourne
1934 Retired from all university appointments
c. 1935 - c. 1936 Teacher (part-time) at Trinity Grammar School in Kew, Victoria
1939 - 1947 Teacher (part-time) at Scotch College, Victoria

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Prepared by: Rosanne Walker
Created: 30 June 1997
Modified: 22 August 2006

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