Alexander McGeorge

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New Zealand engineer and gold dredger

A.K.A.

Alexander Crow McGeorge Alex McGeorge Alex C. McGeorge Alec McGeorge

Places

New Zealand

was

Businessperson Engineer

Work field

Business Engineering

Gender

Male

Birth

4 August 1868 People who share this birthday

Place of birth

Dunedin, Dunedin City, Otago Region, New Zealand

Star sign

Leo People who share this birthday

Death

14 January 1953 People who died on this day

Place of death

Karitane, Dunedin City, Otago Region, New Zealand

Age

84 years

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Biography

Alexander "Alex" Crow McGeorge (4 August 1868–14 January 1953) was a New Zealand engineer and gold dredging entrepreneur, contributing to the Otago gold boom of the 1890s.

Biography

McGeorge as born in Dunedin on 4 August 1868 to Scottish parents, James McGeorge and Isabella Crow. McGeorge, along with his brothers John Crow and Joseph founded the Electric Gold Dredging Company in 1895, one of the most successful gold-dredging companies in New Zealand.

McGeorge's mother, Isabella Crow, and sister, Jane, were both signatories of the 1893 Women's Suffrage Petition.

The McGeorge brothers' most famous gold dredge was the Lady Ranfurly, named by the then-present Governor of New Zealand, Uchter Knox, 5th Earl of Ranfurly after his own wife on a visit to Cromwell on 12 March 1898.

Alex McGeorge died in Karitane on 14 January 1953.