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Henry Charles Kingsmill
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1843-1909)
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Henry Charles Kingsmill (1843-1909) MA Cambridge was University lecturer in surveying and Government Meteorologist. He was born in Donegal, Ireland, the son of Rev. Henry Kingsmill of Trinity College Dublin. He graduated MA at Cambridge University and came to Australia for his health in 1873. He assisted with the N.S.W. Government land surveys on gold fields at Hill End Tambarooma, near Bathurst, and then taught in schools in Queensland. He came to Tasmania in 1882 to an appointment at Christ's College and later at the Hobart Technical School.
He was connected with the University from its foundation and gave advice on proposed courses in surveying and astronomy, acted as examiner and served on the University Council from 1893 (1893-5,1901-1909). He was instructor in mathmatics from 1896 and lecturer in surveying from 1904. In 1892 he took charge of the Government Observatory in Barrack Square where he was assisted by his sisters. He married Helen Mary Cruickshank, daughter of James Henry Robert Cruickshank (1841-1916) who was Acting Registrar of the University in 1892 and Registrar from 1894 until 1916.