Biographical entry McAlpine, Daniel (1849 - 1932)

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.

Archival resources

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

Book Sections

• White, Neville H., 'McAlpine, Daniel (1849-1932), Vegetable Pathologist', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 10, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1986, pp. 193-194. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100186b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Fish, S., 'Daniel McAlpine: a pioneer plant pathologist of Australia', Australian Plant Pathology Society Newsletter, vol. 5, no. 1, 1976, pp. 11-13. Details
• Willis, J.H., 'Botanical Pioneers in Victoria', Victorian Naturalist, vol. 66, 1949, pp. 83-89; 103-109; 123-107. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'McAlpine, D', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-579139. Details