Thomas Sergeant Hall

For other people named Thomas Hall, see Thomas Hall (disambiguation).

Thomas Sergeant Hall (23 December 1858 – 21 December 1915) was an Australian geologist and biologist, recipient of The Murchison Fund in 1901.

Early life

Hall was born in Geelong to Thomas March Hall and Elizabeth, née Walshe.

Career

One of his major discoveries was the key to the unravelling of the complex Ordovician sequence.

Family

He married Miss Eva Lucie Annie Hill on 21 December 1891, who survived him along with three sons and a daughter.

References

• Serle, Percival (1949). "Hall, Thomas Sergeant". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. Retrieved 20 January 2009.
• Thomas A. Darragh, 'Hall, Thomas Sergeant (1858 - 1915)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 9, MUP, 1983, pp 166–167. Retrieved 20 January 2009