Person

McAlpine, Daniel (1849 - 1932)

Born
21 January 1849
Saltcoats, Ayrshire, Scotland
Died
12 October 1932
Leitchville, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Agricultural scientist and Biologist

Summary

Daniel McAlpine was a lecturer in biology at the University of Melbourne from 1884 and a vegetable pathologist with the Victorian Department of Agriculture 1890-1910.

Details

Chronology

1884 - 1890
Career position - Lecturer in Biology, The University of Melbourne
1890 - 1910
Career position - Vegetable Pathologist, Victorian Department of Agriculture

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Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

  • Australian Botanists - Biographies, MS 064; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

National Herbarium, Melbourne

  • Daniel McAlpine - Records, 1889 - 1894, MSS M37; National Herbarium, Melbourne. Details

Private hands (Wedge, E.)

  • Daniel McAlpine - Records, 1849 - 1932; Private hands (Wedge, E.). Details

State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection

  • Daniel McAlpine - Records, 1872 - 1926; State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection. Details
  • Daniel McAlpine - Records, 1879, MS 8725; State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection. Details

Victorian College of Agriculture and Horticulture, Burnley

  • Daniel McAlpine - Records, 1849 - 1932; Victorian College of Agriculture and Horticulture, Burnley. Details

Published resources

Books

  • Parbery, Douglas G., Daniel McAlpine and the bitter pit (Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2015), 252 pp. Details

Book Sections

Journal Articles

  • Anon, 'Death of Daniel McAlpine', Australasian journal of pharmacy, 13 (1923), 933, 1003-5, 1037, 1096. Details
  • Fish, S., 'Daniel McAlpine: a pioneer plant pathologist of Australia', Australian Plant Pathology Society Newsletter, 5 (1) (1976), 11-13. Details

Resources

See also

  • Willis, J. H., 'Botanical pioneers in Victoria - II', Victorian Nnaturalist, 66 (6) (1949), 103-9. Details
  • Willis, J. H., Botanical Pioneers in Victoria, vol. 66 ([Melbourne]: [Brown Prior Anderson], 1949), 19 pp. Details

McCarthy, G.J.

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