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Biographical entry Stuart, Charles (1802 - 1877)

Born
1802
England
Died
1877
Occupation
Botanist and Natural history collector

Summary

Charles Stuart collected plants in Tasmania for R.C. Gunn from 1842 and for F. Mueller from 1847. He was based at Launceston and worked as a nurseryman. He later worked for Mueller in Melbourne and collected in the New England district.

Archival resources

National Herbarium, Melbourne

  • Charles Stuart - Records, 1848 - 1852, MSS M36; National Herbarium, Melbourne. Details

Published resources

Books

  • Kennedy, D., Captain Charles Sturt, Australian Explorers, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1958. Details

Journal Articles

  • Daley, Chas, 'Charles Stuart, an Early Australian Botanist', Victorian Naturalist, vol. 52, October, 1935, pp. 106-110; 132-107; 154-107. Details
  • Maiden, J.H., 'Records of Australian Botanists - (a) General, (b) New South Wales', Journal and Proceedings of The Royal Society of New South Wales, vol. xlii, 1908, pp. 60-132. Details
  • Maiden, J.H., 'Records of Tasmanian Botanists', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 1909, pp. 9-29. Details

Online Resources

McCarthy, G.J.