George Henry Frederick Ulrich

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]

"George Ulrich (geologist)" redirects here. For the American volcanologist, see George Ulrich (American geologist).
George H. F. Ulrich

FGS
Born
Georg Heinrich Friedrich Ulrich

7 July 1830
Zellerfeld, Upper Harz, Germany
Died26 May 1900 (1900-05-27) (aged 69)
Port Chalmers, New Zealand
OccupationMineralogist, university professor, director of School of Mines
Spouse(s)Catherine Sarah Spence
ChildrenFrank Ferdinand Aplin Ulrich (surgeon), George Henry Roemer Ulrich (lawyer)

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 played a significant role in the establishment of the Mount Bischoff tin mine in Tasmania, and the appointment of its manager of 30 years, H. W. F. Kayser.

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. Hoare, Michael (1976). "Ulrich, Georg Heinrich Friedrich (George Henry Frederick) (1830–1900)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. vol 6. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 17 October 2014 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
  2. Watters, W. A. (1993). "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.
  • Birch, William D.; Darragh, Thomas A. (2015). "George Henry Frederick Ulrich (1830–1900): pioneer mineralogist and geologist in Victoria". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. 127 (1): 17. doi:10.1071/RS15002. ISSN 0035-9211.


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