Biographical entry Cheel, Edwin (1872 - 1951)

Summary

Edwin Cheel was Botanical Assistant at the National Herbarium, Sydney from 1908 until becoming Principal Assistant in 1913. In 1924 he was appointed Curator and between 1933-36 was both Botanist and Curator.

Details

Born Chartham Hatch, near Canterbury, Kent, England, 14 January 1872. Died Ashfield, 19 September 1951. Migrated as a farm-labourer to Mackay, Queensland, May 1892; worked in the cane-fields ca 1894-97; carpenter, Sydney ca 1894-97; gardener, Centennial Park 1897-1901; 'honorary charge' of lichens, National Herbarium, Sydney 1901; outdoor staff, Botanic Gardens 1902-05; in charge of lichens and fungi 1906-08; botanic assistant 1908-13; principal botanical assistant, in charge of the herbarium 1913-24; curator 1924-33; botanist and curator 1933-36. Bronze medal, Royal Society of New South Wales 1943. President, Naturalists' Society 1911-12, 1923-24; president, Linnean Society of New South Wales 1930; president, Horticultural Association 1929-31; president, Royal Society of New South Wales 1932.

Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

• Australian Botanists - Biographies, MS 64; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Smith, Ann G., 'Cheel, Edwin (1872-1951), botanist', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 7, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1979, pp. 628-629. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070636b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Cheel, Edwin', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-853505. Details