George Henry Frederick Ulrich
| George H. F. Ulrich FGS | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Georg Heinrich Friedrich Ulrich 7 July 1830 Zellerfeld, Upper Harz, Germany |
| Died |
26 May 1900 (aged 69) Port Chalmers, New Zealand |
| Occupation | Mineralogist, university professor, director of School of Mines |
| Spouse(s) | Catherine Sarah Spence |
| Children | Frank Ferdinand Aplin Ulrich (surgeon), George Henry Roemer Ulrich (lawyer) |
George Henry Frederick Ulrich FGS (born as Georg Heinrich Friedrich Ulrich) (7 July 1830 – 26 May 1900) was a notable New Zealand mineralogist, university professor and director of the school of mines.[1]
He was born in Zellerfeld, Germany in 1830.[2]
Ulrich arrived in Melbourne, Australia in 1853 where he worked as a geologist and later became a lecturer in mining at the University of Melbourne.[1] He was appointed curator of the mineral collection and lecturer in mineralogy at the Industrial and Technological Museum in Melbourne.[1]
He died on 26 May 1900 examining rock specimens on Flagstaff Point, Port Chalmers near Dunedin, when he fell 100 feet (30 m).[3] He was buried in the Dunedin Northern Cemetery.[1]
Works
- Gold and silver bearing reefs of St. Arnaud : report on the gold and silver bearing reefs of the district of St. Arnaud (1864)
- Notes and observations on the Nuggetty Reef, Maldon (1868)
- Contributions to the mineralogy of Victoria (1870)
- Mineral resources north of Port Augusta : report of the mineral resources of the country lying within 250 miles north of Port Augusta (1872)
- A descriptive catalogue of the specimens in the Industrial and Technological Museum, Melbourne, illustrating the rock system of Victoria (1875)
References
- 1 2 3 4 Hoare, Michael (1976). "Ulrich, Georg Heinrich Friedrich (George Henry Frederick) (1830–1900)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. vol 6. Canberra: Australian National University. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- ↑ Watters, W. A. "George Henry Frederick Ulrich". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved December 2011. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ "Fatal accident to Professor Ulrich". Otago Witness. 31 May 1900. p. 46.
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