About George Sweet
Lived 1844 – 1920 (aged 75–76). George Sweet was an Australian geologist.
George Sweet (c. 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.
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Australian geologist
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George Sweet was born in 1844.
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George Sweet died in 1920.
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George Sweet was a geologist.
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George Sweet was Australian.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). George Sweet. https://biography.guide/george-sweet-geologist/
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