Biographical entry French, Charles Hamilton (1868 - 1950)
- Born
- 10 June 1868
South Yarra, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 17 July 1950
Deepdene, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Entomologist
Summary
Charles Hamilton French was attached to the Victorian Department of Agriculture as inspector of plant diseases and subsequently became assistant Government Entomologist and later Government Biologist.
Related entries
Parent
Archival resources
National Herbarium, Melbourne
- Charles Hamilton (1) French - Records, 1887; National Herbarium, Melbourne. Details
Published resources
Books
- Musgrave, A., Bibliography of Australian Entomology, 1775-1930, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales., Sydney, 1932, 380 pp. Details
Book Sections
- Pescott, R. T. M., 'French, Charles (1842-1933) and Charles Hamilton (1868-1950)', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 8, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1981, pp. 585-586. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080602b.htm. Details
Online Resources
- National Library of Australia, 'French, Charles Hamilton', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1468677. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 4 February 2010
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