Frederick McCoy
Frederick McCoy (* 1817 in Dublin , † May 16, 1899 in Melbourne ) was a British paleontologist .
McCoy went to school in Dublin and later studied medicine in Cambridge , England . In 1850 McCoy became professor of geology at what was then Queen's College in Belfast .
McCoy accepted a professorship at Melbourne University in 1854 . He became the first director of the National Museum of Victoria in 1858 .
In 1879 he was awarded the Murchison Medal of the Geological Society of London , and in 1881 the Clarke Medal of the Royal Society of New South Wales .
Web links
- Biography in the "Dictionary of Australian Biography"
- GC Fendley: Frederick McCoy . In: Douglas Pike (Ed.): Australian Dictionary of Biography . Melbourne University Press, Carlton (Victoria) 1966–2012 (English).
- commons: Category: Frederick McCoy
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| SURNAME | McCoy, Frederick |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British paleontologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1817 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dublin |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 16, 1899 |
| Place of death | Melbourne |