Charles Smith Wilkinson
Charles Smith Wilkinson (22 August 1843 – 26 August 1891) was an Australian geologist.[1] He became geological surveyor in charge in New South Wales in 1875 and was president of the Royal Society of New South Wales in 1887.
Early life
Wilkinson was born tinPottersbury, Northamptonshire, England, to David Wilkinson, C.E..
Career
He urged Joseph Edmund Carne to study geology, subsequently in 1879, Carne joined the survey as assistant to Wilkinson.[2] In 1876 Wilkinson was elected a fellow of the Geological Society of London and in 1881 a fellow of the Linnean Society. In 1882 Edgeworth David was appointed assistant geological surveyor, Wilkinson delegated much responsibility to him.[1]
Late life and legacy
His name was commemorated in the fossil species of an early amphibian, Platyceps wilkinsonii Stephens 1887, after making the specimen used in its original description available to William John Stephens.[3]
Notes
- ^ a b Michael Hoare (1976). "Wilkinson, Charles Smith (1843 - 1891)". Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 6. MUP. pp. 402–403. Retrieved 5 May 2007.
- ^ T. G. Vallance (1979). "Carne, Joseph Edmund (1855 - 1922)". Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 7. MUP. pp. 565–566. Retrieved 5 May 2007.
- ^ Stephens, W.J. (1887). "On some additional labyrinthodont fossils from the Hawkesbury sandstones of New South Wales. (Platyceps Wilkinsonii, and two unnamed specimens.)". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 1: 1175–1192.
References
- Serle, Percival (1949). "Wilkinson, Charles Smith". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus & Robertson.
- Attribution
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Wilkinson, Charles Smith". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
Additional references from the Dictionary of Australian Biography:
- H. C. Russell, Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 1892, p. 6;
- The Sydney Morning Herald, 27 August 1891
- J. H. Heaton, Australian Dictionary of Dates; The Geological Magazine, 1891, pp. 571–3.
Additional references from the Australian Dictionary of Biography :
- Votes and Proceedings (Legislative Assembly, Victoria), 1868, 2 (15)
- Votes and Proceedings (Legislative Assembly, New South Wales), 1871–72, 2, 305
- Engineering Assn of New South Wales, Proceedings, 6 (1890–91)
- Linnean Society of New South Wales, Proceedings, 16 (1891)
- Mining Journal (London), 17 Oct 1891
- E. J. Dunn and Daniel James Mahony, Biographical sketch of the founders of the Geological Survey of Victoria, Victorian Geological Survey, Bulletin, 23 (1910)
- Town and Country Journal, 16 February 1889, 29 August, 5 September 1891
- Australasian, 13 September 1890, 29 August 1891.
External links
- State Library of New South Wales 2002, 'Photographs - Dry plate. 8.5 x 6.5 in. P. of CS Wilkinson', NSW Government Printing Office : collection of copy negatives, 1870–1988
