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Tate, Ralph (1840 - 1901)

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Geologist, Botanist and Entomologist

Born: 11 March 1840 Alnwick, Northumberland, England. Died: 20 September 1901 North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.

Ralph Tate was the first Elder Chair of Natural Science at the University of Adelaide (1875-1901) and published widely on geology, zoology and botany. His book titled the Handbook of the Flora of Extratropical South Australia was the first of its kind and a crucial resource for future botanical studies in South Australia. Tate was a member of many national and international scientific bodies and his reputation helped persuade the South Australian Government to appoint a Government Geologist.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1864 - c. 1867 Assistant Curator at the museum of the Geological Society of London
1867 - 1868 Mining Prospector in central America and Venezuela
1875 - Inaugural Elder Chair of Natural Science at the University of Adelaide
1877 Founder of the colony's first continuing scientific journal, which later became the Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia
1880 Converted the Adelaide Philosophical Society into the Royal Society of South Australia
1890 Handbook of the Flora of Extratropical South Australia published
1893 Clarke Memorial Medal received from the Royal Society of New South Wales
1893 President of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science
1894 Key member of the W. Horn expedition to the Finke River region

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'Tate, Ralph - Ms 49', in Listing of Adolph Basser Library holdings, Australian Academy of Science, 1994, http://www.science.org.au/academy/basser/lists/ms049.txt. [ Details ]

See Also

Smith, Charles H., Tate, Ralph (England-Australia 1840-1901), Some Biogeographers, Evolutionists and Ecologists: Chrono-Biographical Sketches, http://www.wku.edu/%7Esmithch/chronob/TATE1840.htm. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 11 October 2005

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