Lawrence Hargrave MRAeS (1850 - 1915)

Born 29 Jan 1850 in Greenwich, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret Preston (Johnston) Hargrave — married 7 Sep 1878 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Descendants

Died 6 Jul 1915 at age 65 in Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Lawrence Hargrave MRAeS is Notable.

Lawrence Hargrave (29 January 1850 – 6 July 1915) was an Australian engineer, explorer, astronomer, inventor and aeronautical pioneer.

Lawrence was one of the inaugural inductees into the Australian Aviation Hall of Fame in 2012. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ AAHOF; accessed 6 Oct 2022

• NSW BDM marriage reg. no. 978/1878, of HARGRAVE, LAWRENCE, and JOHNSTON, MARGARET P, registered at SYDNEY
• NSW BDM death of HARGRAVE, LAWRENCE, reg. no. 8928/1915, showing parents JOHN F and ANN, registered at SYDNEY
• Amirah Inglis, 'Hargrave, Lawrence (1850–1915)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hargrave-lawrence-6563/text11287, published first in hardcopy 1983, accessed online 21 December 2018.
• Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney: Photograph of Hargrave family, Stanwell Park, New South Wales, Australia, 1894
• Australian Geographic magazine issue 175 July-August 2023 Page 24 referencing: Defining Moments in Australian History project