Hilary Bauerman
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Hilary Bauerman (16 March 1835 – 5 December 1909) was an English metallurgist, mineralogist and geologist.
Of German background, he was born in London on 16 March 1835, the younger son, in the family of two sons and one daughter, of Hilary John Bauerman by his wife Anna Hudina Rosetta, daughter of Dr. Wychers, who had migrated from Emden in August 1829. On 6 November 1851 he entered, as one of the seven original students, the Government School of Mines in Jermyn Street. In 1853 he went to the Bergakademie Freiberg to complete his studies, and on his return to England in 1855 he was appointed an assistant geologist to the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom.[1]
International commissions
In 1858, Bauerman went to Canada to serve as geologist to the North American Boundary Commission. After the completion of its work in 1863 he spent time over many years in searching for mineral deposits and surveying mining properties in various parts of the world, chiefly by private persons or by companies, but also by the Indian and Egyptian governments (1867–9). This explorations included:[1]
- Sweden and Lapland in 1864;
- Michigan in 1865;
- Labrador in 1866;
- Arabia, the shores of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden in 1867–9;
- Savoy in 1870;
- Missouri in 1871;
- Bengal, Borar and Kumaon in 1872–3;
- Northern Peru in 1874;
- Murcia and Granada in 1876;
- Asia Minor in 1878;
- North and South Carolina, Colorado and Mexico in 1881;
- Brazil in 1883;
- Arizona in 1884;
- Cyprus and Portugal in 1888.
