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William Frederick Petterd was a
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n scientist and boot importer. He was born in
Hobart Hobart ( ; Nuennonne/Palawa kani: ''nipaluna'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Home to almost half of all Tasmanians, it is the least-populated Australian state capital city, and second-small ...
in 1849, and died in Launceston in 1910. His first book, ''A Monograph of the land shells of Tasmania'', was the result of a talk to the Royal Society of Tasmania on 12 November 1878. Petterd described
Dundasite Dundasite is a rare lead aluminium carbonate mineral. The mineral is named after the type locality, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia. The mineral was first discovered in the Adelaide Proprietary Mine. Dundasite was first described by William Frederick ...
in 1893. He wrote the ''Catalogue of the minerals of Tasmania'', which was published in 1893, and updated the catalogue in 1909, the year before his death. He was joint author of articles and books with
William Harper Twelvetrees William Harper Twelvetrees (1848 – 7 November 1919) was an English geologist who was important for the characterisation of the geology of Tasmania. Twelvetrees was born in Bedfordshire, England, in 1848, to industrialist Harper Twelvetree ...
. 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 The Royal Society of Tasmania (RST) was formed in 1843. It was the first Royal Society outside the United Kingdom, and its mission is the advancement of knowledge. The work of the Royal Society of Tasmania includes: * Promoting Tasmanian historic ...
on loan for 999 years."'Petterd, William Frederick (1849–1910)',
Australian Dictionary of Biography The ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'' (ADB or AuDB) is a national co-operative enterprise founded and maintained by the Australian National University (ANU) to produce authoritative biographical articles on eminent people in Australia's ...
, 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


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Petterd, William Frederick 1849 births 1910 deaths People from Hobart Australian geologists