Author talk:George Ashcroft
George Ashcroft?[edit]
G Ashcroft's paper was delivered in Nelson in June 1887.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC18870606.2.6
Colonist, Volume XXX, Issue 4827, 6 June 1887, Page 3 Noracrentiss (talk) 06:44, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
Could G. Ashcroft be "George Ashcroft" who was located in Nelson. The death of George Ashcroft's wife was reported in July 1887 and George Ashcroft is described as the District Manager of Railways at Nelson.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM18870702.2.17
[]New Zealand Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 8126, 2 July 1887, Page 4<be>
A George Ashcroft joined Wellington Philosophical Society in 1879 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM18790113.2.15
George Ashcroft of the railways is back in Nelson after a stint in Wellington. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM18860209.2.7
George Ashcroft is new member of Nelson Philosophical Society on 7 March 1887 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/TPRSNZ1886-19.2.7.8
Name confirmed https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/TPRSNZ1887-20.2.15.7 Wainuiomartian (talk)