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 on loan for 999 years."[8]
Notes
^Petterd, W. F. (William F) (1879), A Monograph of the land shells of Tasmania, Launceston Examiner (Printer), retrieved 18 November 2016
^Petterd, W. F, A monograph of the land shells of Tasmania, s.n, retrieved 18 November 2016
^[1] Article about Petterd and his involvement in the Tasmanian Exhibition in Launceston in 1892
^Petterd, W. F. (William Frederick) (1893), Catalogue of the minerals of Tasmania : with notes on their distribution, W. Grahame, jun., Government Printer, retrieved 18 November 2016
^Petterd, William Frederick (1910), The minerals of Tasmania, John Vail, Govt. Printer, retrieved 18 November 2016
^Twelvetrees, William Harper; Petterd, William Frederick (1898), Supplementary note on Limurite in Tasmania, retrieved 18 November 2016
^Twelvetrees, W. H. (William Harper); Petterd, W. F. (William Frederick) (1898), [Collection of articles on geology, petrology and palaeontology in Tasmania], s.n, retrieved 18 November 2016
william, frederick, petterd, tasmanian, scientist, boot, importer, born, hobart, 1849, died, launceston, 1910, first, book, monograph, land, shells, tasmania, result, talk, royal, society, tasmania, november, 1878, petterd, described, dundasite, 1893, wrote, c. William Frederick Petterd was a Tasmanian scientist and boot importer He was born in Hobart in 1849 and died in Launceston in 1910 His first book A Monograph of the land shells of Tasmania 1 was the result of a talk to the Royal Society of Tasmania on 12 November 1878 2 Petterd described Dundasite in 1893 3 He wrote the Catalogue of the minerals of Tasmania which was published in 1893 4 and updated the catalogue in 1909 the year before his death 5 He was joint author of articles and books with William Harper Twelvetrees 6 7 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 on loan for 999 years 8 Notes Edit Petterd W F William F 1879 A Monograph of the land shells of Tasmania Launceston Examiner Printer retrieved 18 November 2016 Petterd W F A monograph of the land shells of Tasmania s n retrieved 18 November 2016 1 Article about Petterd and his involvement in the Tasmanian Exhibition in Launceston in 1892 Petterd W F William Frederick 1893 Catalogue of the minerals of Tasmania with notes on their distribution W Grahame jun Government Printer retrieved 18 November 2016 Petterd William Frederick 1910 The minerals of Tasmania John Vail Govt Printer retrieved 18 November 2016 Twelvetrees William Harper Petterd William Frederick 1898 Supplementary note on Limurite in Tasmania retrieved 18 November 2016 Twelvetrees W H William Harper Petterd W F William Frederick 1898 Collection of articles on geology petrology and palaeontology in Tasmania s n retrieved 18 November 2016 Petterd William Frederick 1849 1910 Australian Dictionary of Biography 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 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title William Frederick Petterd amp oldid 1061343249, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
