Life Summary - Archibald Liversidge - Labour Australia

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Life Summary

Name	Archibald Liversidge
Born	17 November, 1846 London, Middlesex, England
Died	26 September, 1927 (aged 80) London, Middlesex, England
Cause of Death	heart disease
Cultural Heritage	English Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Occupation or Descriptor *	academic (1872-1907) New South Wales, Australia geologist (1872-1907) New South Wales, Australia
Legacies *	Archibald Liversidge lecture (University of Sydney) (eponym) Liversidge St (Acton, ACT) (eponym)
Key Organisations *	Australian Museum (Sydney) (trustee) Chemical Society (UK) (fellow, ?-1927) Geological Society of London (fellow, ?-1927) Linnean Society (England) (fellow, ?-1927) Royal Geographical Society of London (fellow, ?-1927) Royal Institute of Chemistry (UK) (fellow, ?-1927) Royal Society of London (UK) (fellow, ?-1927) Royal Society of New South Wales (member, 1872-1907) Royal Society of New South Wales (honorary secretary, 1874-1884) Royal Society of New South Wales (president, 1886) Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (honorary secretary, 1888-1909) Royal Society of New South Wales (president, 1890) Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (president, 1898-1898) Royal Society of New South Wales (president, 1901) Society of Chemical Industry (NSW) (member, 1902)
Workplaces *	University of Sydney (geology) (academic, 1872) University of Sydney (science) (dean, 1879-1907)

* Dates are approximate