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Biographical entry Heyne, Ernst Bernhard (1825 - 1881)
- Born
- 15 September 1825
Meissen, Saxony, Germany - Died
- 16 October 1881
Norwood, South Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Botanist and Horticulturalist
Summary
Ernst Bernhard Heyne was secretary to von Mueller at the Melbourne Botanic Gardens 1853-1868. He went with von Mueller on several Victorian expeditions and helped to classify much of the botanical material collected by von Mueller in the 1850s.
Details
Born Meissen, Saxony, 15 September 1825. Died Norwood, South Australia, 16 October 1881. Educated University of Leipzig (diploma in botany). Royal Botanic Gardens, Dresden, arrived Melbourne in the Godefroi 1849, chief plantsman, Melbourne Botanic Gardens 185?-52, secretary to Mueller 1853-69, to Adelaide January 1869, established nursery at Hackney, near Adelaide, and a shop for seeds and plants in Rundle Street, Adelaide, worked until he became ill with asthma. In 1871 he published The Fruit, Flower and Vegetable Garden, which was enlarged as The Amateur Gardener in 1881 and ran to four editions. Commemorated by Aster heynei F. Meull. and Cyperus ornatus heynei.
Events
- c. 1845
- Education - Diploma in Botany completed at the University of Leipzig, Germany
- 1849
- Life event - Arrived in Australia (Melbourne)
- 1850s - 1852
- Chief Plantsman at the Melbourne Botanic Gardens
Archival resources
Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science
Published resources
Books
- Maiden, J.H., Records of Victorian Botanists, Victorian Naturalist, vol. 25, Melbourne, 1908, 101-117 pp. Details
Book Sections
- McGuire, F. M., 'Heyne, Ernst Bernhard (1825-1881), botanist and horticulturist', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 4, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1972, p. 388. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A040439b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Cleland, J.B., 'Dicksonia in the Mount Lofty Ranges', South Australian Naturalist, vol. 43, 1968. Details
Online Resources
- 'Heyne, E B (1825-1881)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-473200. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 9 August 2012
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