Fellows of Senate
Henry Chamberlaine Russell CMG
Henry Chamberlaine Russell was in the third cohort of students at the University of Sydney (1856-1858), and was a Fellow of Senate of the University of Sydney from 1875 to 1907.
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His University of Sydney student days
Henry Chamberlaine Russell was in the third cohort of students admitted to the University of Sydney, attending from 1856 to 1858, and graduating Bachelor of Arts in 1859.
Henry Chamberlain Russell (standing, 3rd from right) and fellow students in 1857, photo G3_224_0343 by Professor John Smith, University of Sydney Archives.
Certificate in Latin issued to Russell for completing the second year of studies in Arts at the University of Sydney in 1857, image a916003, Mitchell Pictures, State Library of NSW.
Henry Chamberlain Russell when a young man, this photo possibly taken to celebrate his graduation from Sydney University in 1859, photo, courtesy of the Powerhouse Museum Collection on flickr.
His career
Russell was an astronomer, meteorologist and one of the most eminent men of science in Australia in the nineteenth century.
Henry Chamberlaine Russell, Vice-Chancellor 1881-91, photo G3_224_1403, University Archives.
The Sydney Observatory in 1871, image, 'Australian Town and Country Journal', 16 September 1871.
The Sydney Observatory with H.C. Russell in the doorway, photo from the Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW, call number SPF / 301, Digital order number a089301.
His membership of the University Senate
Russell was a Fellow of Senate of the University of Sydney elected by a Convocation of electors to fill a vacancy from 1875 to 1907, during which period he was elected Vice-Chancellor by and from the Fellows from 1891 to 1892.