Henry Alcock (historian)

Henry Alcock (died 26 April 1948) was a historian in Queensland, Australia. He was the first professor of modern history at the University of Queensland and a founding member of the Historical Society of Queensland.[1][2]

Alcock created thousands of glass lantern slides, some from photographs he took himself, others which he copied. It is believed he used these slides to illustrate his lectures at the University and at the Workers' Education Association. The University of Queensland Fryer Library holds over 2000 of these slides (known as the Alcock Collection). These slides are being digitised and made available online as funding permits.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "In memoriam : Henry Alcock". The Historical Society of Queensland Journal. Royal Historical Society of Queensland (published 1948). 4 (1). December 1948. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  2. ↑ Helen Gregory (1987). Vivant professores : distinguished members of the University of Queensland, 1910-1940. The University of Queensland Library. pp. 1–5. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  3. ↑ Bauer, Catherine; Follett, Roslyn (2002-01-01), Digitisation of unique collections of architectural and historical images at the University of Queensland Library, Victorian Association for Library Automation, retrieved 21 April 2017

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