George Henry Frederick Ulrich

George H. F. Ulrich
FGS
Born Georg Heinrich Friedrich Ulrich
7 July 1830
Zellerfeld, Upper Harz, Germany
Died 26 May 1900 (1900-05-27) (aged 69)
Port Chalmers, New Zealand
Occupation Mineralogist, university professor, director of School of Mines
Spouse(s) Catherine Sarah Spence
Children Frank Ferdinand Aplin Ulrich (surgeon), George Henry Roemer Ulrich (lawyer)

George Henry Frederick Ulrich FGS (born as Georg Heinrich Friedrich Ulrich) (7 July 1830 – 26 May 1900) was a notable New Zealand mineralogist, university professor and director of the school of mines.[1]

He was born in Zellerfeld, Germany in 1830.[2]

Ulrich arrived in Melbourne, Australia in 1853 where he worked as a geologist and later became a lecturer in mining at the University of Melbourne.[1] He was appointed curator of the mineral collection and lecturer in mineralogy at the Industrial and Technological Museum in Melbourne.[1]

He died on 26 May 1900 examining rock specimens on Flagstaff Point, Port Chalmers near Dunedin, when he fell 100 feet (30 m).[3] He was buried in the Dunedin Northern Cemetery.[1]

Works

  • Gold and silver bearing reefs of St. Arnaud : report on the gold and silver bearing reefs of the district of St. Arnaud (1864)
  • Notes and observations on the Nuggetty Reef, Maldon (1868)
  • Contributions to the mineralogy of Victoria (1870)
  • Mineral resources north of Port Augusta : report of the mineral resources of the country lying within 250 miles north of Port Augusta (1872)
  • A descriptive catalogue of the specimens in the Industrial and Technological Museum, Melbourne, illustrating the rock system of Victoria (1875)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Hoare, Michael (1976). "Ulrich, Georg Heinrich Friedrich (George Henry Frederick) (1830–1900)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. vol 6. Canberra: Australian National University. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  2. ↑ Watters, W. A. "George Henry Frederick Ulrich". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "Fatal accident to Professor Ulrich". Otago Witness. 31 May 1900. p. 46.


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