George Sweet

George Sweet (1844 – 1920) was an English-born Australian geologist, president of the Royal Society of Victoria in 1905.

Sweet investigated fossils in the Mansfield district for Frederick McCoy 1888-95, and was second-in-command to Sir Edgeworth David on the Funafuti expedition in 1897. He was a fellow of the Geological Society

Sweet's daughter, Georgina Sweet (1875–1946), became a zoologist and philanthropist.

References

*Monica MacCallum, ' [http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120694b.htm Sweet, George (1844 - 1920)] ', "Australian Dictionary of Biography", Volume 12, MUP, 1990, pp 149-150.
* [http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/biogs/P001238b.htm Sweet, George (1844 - 1920)] at Bright Sparcs, University of Melbourne