Smalley, George Robarts

First name(s)

George Robarts

Surname

Smalley

Position(s) held at King's College London

• Mathematics Master at King's College School 1854-1861;
• Lecturer of Natural Philosophy 1861-1863;
• Evening Class Lecturer on Mechanics 1854-1862;

Education & professional details

School, college and/or university attended ^Ref: *1

St John's College, Cambridge

Qualifications ^Ref: *1

BA 1845

Position(s) held (non King's College London)

• Third Assistant, Cape Observatory, South Africa September 1846-September 1851;
• Professor of Mathematics, South African College, October 1851-[1854]
• Government Astronomer at Sydney Observatory (1)

Professional activities ^Ref: *1

Philosophical Society of New South Wales

Publications ^Ref: *2

A Compendium of Facts and Formulae in Pure Mathematics and Natural Philosophy (1862); ; Explorers of the Southern Skies- A History of Australian Astronomy

Personal details

Date of birth ^Ref: *1

unknown but baptism date is 18th April 1822

Place of birth ^Ref: *1

Banbury Oxfordshire

Date of death ^Ref: *1

11th July 1870

Place of death ^Ref: *1

Sydney Australia

Family details ^Ref: *2

Son of Revd. George Smalley and Francis Jane Hay; married Elizabeth Brigge; 3 sons and 1 daughter

Notes

With Sir Charles Todd he fixed the boundary line between South Australia and New South Wales, known as the Smalley/Todd Boundary Line.