Biographical entry Ewart, Alfred James (1872 - 1937)

Summary

Alfred James Ewart was the first Professor of Botany, University of Melbourne 1906-37 and until February 1921 was also the Victorian Government Botanist. Although trained in England, he published widely on Australian flora and travelled extensively throughout the country. President of the Royal Society of Victoria 1920-21.

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Archival resources

Private hands (Chambers, T.C.)

• Alfred James Ewart - Records, 1872 - 1937; Private hands (Chambers, T.C.). Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Chambers, T. C., 'Ewart, Alfred James (1872-1937), Botanist', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 8, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1981, pp. 448-450. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080474b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Cohn, Helen M., 'Watch Dog Over the Herbarium: Alfred Ewart, Victorian Government Botanist, 1906-1921', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 16, no. 2, 2005, pp. 139-167. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR05009.htm. 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, 'Ewart, Alfred J', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-632613. Details