Biographical entry French, Charles (1842 - 1933)

Summary

Charles French worked as a nurseryman in Victoria from 1858. In 1864 he was appointed to the staff of the Botanic Gardens and in 1873 was in charge of fern and tropical plant propagation. He was made Victorian Government Entomologist in 1889.

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Archival resources

Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales

• Baldwin Spencer - Records, 1880 - 1929, ML MSS 29; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
• Edward Pearson Ramsay - Records, 1860 - 1912, ML MSS 563; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

Victorian College of Agriculture and Horticulture, Burnley

• Charles (2) French - Records, 1891 - 1920; Victorian College of Agriculture and Horticulture, Burnley. 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

Journal Articles

• Pescott, E.E., 'Charles French', Victorian Naturalist, vol. 50, no. 7, 1933, pp. 57-60. 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, 'French, C', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-612666. Details