| LC control no. | n 88002340 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Torrens, Robert, Sir, 1814-1884 |
| Variant(s) | Torrens, R. (Robert), Sir, 1814-1884 |
| Associated country | Australia England |
| Associated place | South Australia |
| Birth date | 1814 |
| Death date | 18840831 |
| Place of birth | Cork (Ireland) |
| Place of death | Falmouth (England) |
| Field of activity | Land titles--Regisration and transfer Law Customs administration Law reform Torrens system |
| Affiliation | South Australia. Parliament. House of Assembly |
| Profession or occupation | Customs administration--Officials and employees Legislators |
| Found in | His An essay on the transfer of land by registration, 1882? t.p. (Sir Robert Torrens, K.C.M.G.) MoSU-L/NLT files (hdg.: Torrens, Robert Richard, Sir, 1814-1884) Transfer of land by registration of title, 1863: page iv (R. Torrens) page iii (my official employment in the customs' services) Australian dictionary of biography online, viewed May 19, 2015 (Sir Robert Richard Torrens (1814-1884), public servant, politician and land titles law reformer, was born in Cork, Ireland; On 12 December 1840 in the Brightman arrived in South Australia; became collector of customs; He stood for Adelaide in the House of Assembly elections of 1857 and, almost entirely because of his espousal of land titles reform, topped the poll; The basic principles of what was to become known outside South Australia as the Torrens system; he died of pneumonia at Falmouth on 31 August 1884) |
| Associated language | eng |
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