death_place death_date birth_place nationality birth_date article_title name occupation
prahran , victoria , australia 20 september 1966 durham lead , victoria , australia australian 01 august 1878 william baragwanath
 william baragwanath geologist
william baragwanath

william baragwanath -lrb- 1878-1966 -rrb- was an australian surveyor , geologist and public servant .
in 1922 he was appointed director of the geological survey of victoria , and in 1932 secretary for mines .
he discovered fossils of `` baragwanathia '' , a genus of extinct plants named in his honour , which at the time was the most ancient land plant known .
he was exceptionally knowledgeable about geology of the australian state of victoria .
baragwanath married clara ethel , née jones , on 9 may 1900 at a presbyterian church in flemington .
together they had nine children ; seven girls and two boys .
he earned his degree at the ballarat school of mines .
