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'In Memoriam' (death) notice for Dr GF Story, printed in the Mercury on July 1st 1885. The notice details Story's career and contributions to Tasmania, including his exploits as a medical student in Edinburgh (where he assisted in 'procuring fresh subjects from graves'), his immigration to Tasmania in 1828, and his appointment as district assistant surgeon and commissariat officer at Swanport soon after. The notice includes further details about Story's involvement with the Royal Society Gardens and Religious Society of Friends, as well as his botanical and geological interests. From Cotton Family Papers C7/149

Item Type:	Other
Authors/Creators:	Story, George Fordyce
Keywords:	GF Story, Dr George Fordyce Story, death notice, obituary, in memoriam, the Mercury, 1885, GF Story death, medical student, Scotland, Tas, Tasmania, Francis Cotton, Anna Maria Cotton, Whittier, James Backhouse, Religious Society of Friends, Quaker, Maria Island, Eaglehawk Neck, grave robbing, medical science, Scotland, Tasmania, Tas, Waterloo Point, Swansea, East Coast Tasmania, medicine, doctor, patients, Royal Society, Royal Society Gardens, Oatlands, blindness, New Zealand shrunken heads, botanical, geological, Aborigines, prisoners, convicts, bushrangers
Publisher:	University of Tasmania Library Special and Rare Materials Collection
Collections:	Quaker Collection Dr GF Story Collection
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