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Robert Carl Sticht
Robert Carl Sticht (8 October 1856 – 30 April 1922) was an American metallurgist and copper mine manager, active in Colorado and Montana, U.S.A. and in Tasmania, Australia. Sticht was the developer of the first successful purely pyritic smelting in the world. He was also an important book and art collector, a large part of whose collections were acquired by the Public Library of Victoria and the National Gallery of Victoria in the 1920s. Early life Sticht was born at Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S.A., the son of German-American parents from Brooklyn, his father's name was John C. Sticht. Sticht studied at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute and graduated from there with a Bachelor of Science, BSc in 1875. He then studied metallurgy at the Clausthal Royal Mining Academy, Germany, where he graduated with honours in 1880. Career Returning to the US, Sticht was appointed chief chemist and assistant metallurgist at a Colorado smelting company and erected smelters in Colorado and Montana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of ''Hrōþ, Hruod'' () "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown, godlike" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin.Reaney & Wilson, 1997. ''Dictionary of English Surnames''. Oxford University Press. It is also in use Robert (surname), as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert (name), Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe, the name entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta (given name), Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto (given name), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosebery, Tasmania
Rosebery is a town on the West Coast, Tasmania, west coast of Tasmania, Australia. It is at the northern end of the West Coast Range, in the shadow of Mount Black (Tasmania), Mount Black and adjacent to the Pieman River, now Lake Pieman. It lies on the Murchison Highway, 25 kilometres north-east of Zeehan, Tasmania, Zeehan and is part of the Municipality of West Coast Council. At the , Rosebery had a population of 752. The population of Rosebery declined by 22% in the years between 1996-2001. Its newer western area on the shore of Lake Pieman is known as Primrose. History Like most of the other settlements on the west coast of Tasmania, Rosebery is a mining town. In 1893, prospector Tom McDonald discovered gold in alluvial wash, along with boulders of zinc-lead sulphide in dense rainforest on the slopes of Mount Black. McDonald pegged several claims in the name of the Rosebery Prospecting Association (named after Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, Lord Rosebery), w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Tasmania
The University of Tasmania (UTAS) is a public research university, primarily located in Tasmania, Australia. Founded in 1890, it is Australia's fourth oldest university. Christ College (University of Tasmania), Christ College, one of the university's residential colleges, first proposed in 1840 in Lieutenant-Governor Sir John Franklin's Legislative Council, was modelled on the University of Oxford, Oxford and University of Cambridge, Cambridge colleges, and was founded in 1846, making it the oldest tertiary institution in the country. The university is a Sandstone universities, sandstone university, a member of the international Association of Commonwealth Universities, and the Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning. The university offers various undergraduate and graduate programs in a range of disciplines, and has links with 20 specialist research institutes and co-operative research centres. Its Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies has strongly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sticht Range
The Sticht Range is a mountain range located in the West Coast region of Tasmania, Australia. The range runs between two tributaries of the Eldon River and is located within the eastern part of the West Coast Range and has an unnamed peak with an elevation of above sea level. It was named after Robert Carl Sticht, the manager of the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company. It was affected by the 2016 Tasmanian bushfires Features and access The range can be viewed from the Hydro Tasmania built road (B24) at Lake Plimsoll. It is a cambrian formation range. The threatened plant ''Orites milliganii'', a member of the family Proteaceae, may be located in the range. See also *List of highest mountains of Tasmania The Australian island state of Tasmania has a diverse range of geography but a prominent feature is the mountains of the island. Overall Tasmania is comparatively low-lying with the highest point at . Tasmania has ten peaks over the height of . ... References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stichtite
Stichtite is a mineral, a Carbonate mineral, carbonate of chromium and magnesium; formula Mg6Cr2carbon, Coxygen, O3(Ohydrogen, H)16·4water, H2O. Its colour ranges from pink through lilac to a rich purple colour. It is formed as an alteration product of chromite-containing Serpentine group, serpentine. It occurs in association with barbertonite (the Hexagonal crystal system, hexagonal Polymorphism (materials science), polymorph of Mg6Cr2CO3(OH)16·4H2O), chromite and antigorite. Discovered in 1910 on the west coast of Tasmania, Australia, it was first recognised by A.S. Wesley a former chief chemist with the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company, it was named after Robert Carl Sticht the manager of the mine. It is observed in combination with green serpentine at Stichtite Hill near the Dundas Extended Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Dundas – east of Zeehan, Tasmania, Zeehan, as well as on the southern shore of Macquarie Harbour. It is exhibited in the West Coast Pioneers Museum in Zee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Library Of Victoria
State Library Victoria (SLV) is the state library of Victoria, Australia. Located in Melbourne, it was established in 1854 as the Melbourne Public Library, making it Australia's oldest public library and one of the first free libraries in the world. It is also Australia's busiest public library and, as of 2023, the third busiest library globally. The library has remained on the same site in the central business district since it was established fronting Swanston Street, and over time has expanded to cover a block bounded also by La Trobe, Russell, and Little Lonsdale streets. The library's collection consists of over five million items, which in addition to books includes manuscripts, paintings, maps, photographs and newspapers, with a special focus on material from Victoria, including the diaries of the European founders of present-day Melbourne John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner, the folios of colonial explorer James Cook, and items related to Ned Kelly, notably his a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Gallery Of Victoria
The National Gallery of Victoria, popularly known as the NGV, is an art museum in Melbourne, Victoria (state), Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1861, it is Australia's oldest and list of most visited art museums in the world, most visited art museum. The NGV houses its collection across two sites: NGV International, located on St Kilda Road in the Melbourne Arts Precinct of Southbank, Victoria, Southbank, and the Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, located nearby at Federation Square. The NGV International building, designed by Sir Roy Grounds, opened in 1968, and was redeveloped by Mario Bellini before reopening in 2003. It houses the gallery's international art collection and is on the Victorian Heritage Register. The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, designed by Lab Architecture Studio, opened in 2002 and houses the gallery's Australian art collection. A third site, The Fox: NGV Contemporary, is planned to open in the Melbourne Arts Precinct in 2028, and will be Australia's lar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Master
In art history, "Old Master" (or "old master")Old Masters Department Christies.com. refers to any painting, painter of Aptitude, skill who worked in Europe before about 1800, or a painting by such an artist. An "old master print" is an original printmaking, print (for example an engraving, woodcut, or etching) made by an artist in the same period. The term "old master drawing" is used in the same way. In theory, "Old Master" applies only to artists who were fully trained, were Master craftsman, Masters of their local Guild of Saint Luke, artists' guild, and worked independently, but in practice, paintings produced by pupils or workshops are often included in the scope of the term. Therefore, beyond a certain level of competence, date rather than quality is the criterion for using the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felton Bequest
Alfred Felton (8 November 1831 – 8 January 1904) was an Australian entrepreneur, art collector and philanthropist. Biography Alfred Felton was born at Maldon, Essex, England, the fifth child of six sons and three daughters of William Felton, a currier, and his wife Hannah.Poynter, John. 2003. ''Mr Felton's Bequests''. Melbourne: The Miegunyah Press. Felton travelled to Victoria (Australia), Victoria on the ship ''California'' in 1853 intending to search for gold. In 1857, he was in business in Collins Street, Melbourne, as a commission agent and dealer in merchandise, and in 1859 was an importer and general dealer. In 1861 he was in business in Swanston Street as a wholesale druggist. In 1867 Felton went into partnership with Frederick Sheppard Grimwade and founded Felton Grimwade and Company, "wholesale druggists and manufacturing chemists". As the business grew over the years, the partners acquired interests in associated industries such as the Melbourne Glass Bottle Works, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Henry Spencer
Albert Henry Spencer (8 March 1886 – 20 February 1971), often referred to as A. H. Spencer, was an Australian bookseller. He was a specialist in antiquarian bookselling and Australiana and established the Hill of Content bookshop in Melbourne, one of that city's "finest bookshops". He has been called "one of the last links with an heroic age of Australian bookselling and collecting".Stuart Sayers, "Last chapter of a bookman", ''The Age'', 27 February 1971, p. 16. Early life Spencer was born in Balmain, New South Wales on 8 March 1886. His parents were Henry Spencer, a labourer who had been born Henrik Bertelsen in Denmark, and Alice Jane (''née'' Prynne).Wallace KirsopSpencer, Albert Henry (1886–1971) ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'', adb.edu.au. Retrieved 2 December 2018. His father died when Bert (as he was always known to his family and friends) was just two years old, leaving the family in straitened circumstances. He attended Waverley Superior Public School whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Daily Telegraph (Launceston)
''The Telegraph'', later ''The Daily Telegraph'' was a newspaper published in Launceston, Tasmania between 1881 and 1928. History A newspaper, ''The Telegraph'' was published in Launceston fro2 July 1881t15 June 1883 originally as a weekly, then bi-weekly then tri-weekly in its last year of publication. The first issue of ''The Daily Telegraph'' appeared on 18 June 1883, and the last issue appeared on 28 March 1928. With the imminent demise of the ''Telegraph'', '' The Mercury'' of Hobart, from March 1928 expanded its branch office in the northern city, and increased its penetration by putting on "fast cars" to get their paper to Launceston by breakfast, thus putting extra pressure on the ''Examiner'', the ''Telegraphs competitor. Murray Amos White, who had been brought from Melbourne to Tasmania to take the position of editor-in-chief in October 1927 in the hope of reviving the paper's circulation, sued the managing director A. C. Ferrall for not giving him three months' not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australasian Association For The Advancement Of Science
The Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS) is an organisation that was founded in 1888 as the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science to promote science. It was modelled on the British Association for the Advancement of Science. For many years, its annual meetings were a popular and influential way of promoting science in Australia and New Zealand. The current name has been used since 1930. History Two of its founders include Archibald Liversidge and Horatio George Anthony Wright. It held lectures for the medals and for other named lectures, both nationally and at state level. In the 1990s, membership and attendance at the annual meetings decreased as specialised scientific societies increased in popularity. Proposals to close the Association were discussed, but it continued after closing its office in Adelaide. It now operates on a smaller scale but is beginning to grow. The Annual Meetings are no longer held. Each ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
