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(1849–1910) scientist and boot importer
William Frederick Petterd was a
Tasmanian scientist and boot importer.
He was born in
Hobart in 1849, and died in
Launceston in 1910.
His first book, A Monograph of the land shells of Tasmania ,
[1] was the result of a talk to the Royal Society of Tasmania on 12 November 1878.
[2]
Petterd described
Dundasite in 1893.
[3]
He wrote the Catalogue of the minerals of Tasmania , which was published in 1893,
[4] and updated the catalogue in 1909, the year before his death.
[5]
He was joint author of articles and books with
William Harper Twelvetrees .
[6]
[7]
He was a rock and mineral collector, and when he died "His mineral collection, valued at £1212, was placed in charge of the
Royal Society of Tasmania on loan for 999 years."
[8]
Notes
^ Petterd, W. F. (William F) (1879),
A Monograph of the land shells of Tasmania , Launceston Examiner (Printer), retrieved 18 November 2016
^ Petterd, W. F,
A monograph of the land shells of Tasmania , s.n, retrieved 18 November 2016
^
[1] Article about Petterd and his involvement in the Tasmanian Exhibition in Launceston in 1892
^ Petterd, W. F. (William Frederick) (1893),
Catalogue of the minerals of Tasmania : with notes on their distribution , W. Grahame, jun., Government Printer, retrieved 18 November 2016
^ Petterd, William Frederick (1910),
The minerals of Tasmania , John Vail, Govt. Printer, retrieved 18 November 2016
^ Twelvetrees, William Harper; Petterd, William Frederick (1898),
Supplementary note on Limurite in Tasmania , retrieved 18 November 2016
^ Twelvetrees, W. H. (William Harper); Petterd, W. F. (William Frederick) (1898),
[Collection of articles on geology, petrology and palaeontology in Tasmania] , s.n, retrieved 18 November 2016
^ 'Petterd, William Frederick (1849–1910)',
Australian Dictionary of Biography , National Centre of Biography, Australian National University,
http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/petterd-william-frederick-4396/text7165 , published first in hardcopy 1974, accessed online 18 November 2016