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Name	David George Stead
Alternative Names	Physalia Dinnawan
Born	6 March, 1877 St Leonards, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	2 August, 1957 (aged 80) Watsons Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cultural Heritage	English Scottish Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Stead, Thistle Yolette (wife) Stead, Christina Ellen (daughter) Griffin, Marion Lucy Mahony (friend)
Occupation or Descriptor *	ichthyologist (1898-1957) New South Wales, Australia naturalist (1898-1957) New South Wales, Australia public servant (1902-1957) New South Wales, Australia company manager (1920-1957) New South Wales, Australia

* Dates are approximate