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Ward, Edward Wolstenholme (1823 - 1890)

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Chemist and Military engineer

Born: 17 August 1823 Calcutta, India. Died: 5 February 1890 Cannes, France.

(Sir) Edward Wolstenholme Ward was the inaugural deputy-master of the Sydney branch of the Royal Mint 1853-66, and of the Melbourne branch 1869-70(?). He was an active member of the Philosophical (Royal) Society of New South Wales and a trustee of the Australian Museum. He presented a talk to the Philosophical Society of New South Wales on the analysis of certain colonial coals.

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Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Science and the making of Victoria, with Royal Society of Victoria, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/smv/scripts/smv-dynindex.php3?EID=P001526. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 18 October 2006

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