About Henry Ebenezer Barff
Lived 1857 – 1925 (aged 67–68). Henry Ebenezer Barff was an academic administrator.
Henry Ebenezer Barff GCMG (9 July 1857 – 2 May 1925) was an Australian university administrator and mathematician.
Early life and education Barff was born on 9 July 1857 on Tahaa Island within the Society Islands. He was the youngest son of Rev. John Barff, a missionary of the London Missionary Society, and Amelia Banes, his mother. In 1865, he and his family moved to Sydney. Later, Barff was educated at Camden College before attending the University of Sydney, where he graduated with honors in mathematics.
Career Barff joined the University of Sydney in 1879 as an assistant examiner and acting lecturer in mathematics.
His portrait by John Longstaff is held by the University of Sydney.
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(1857-1925) university administrator
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