Biographical entry Pescott, Richard Thomas Martin (Dick) (1905 - 1986)

Summary

Richard Thomas M. (Dick) Pescott was the seventh Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne 1957-70. Previously he had worked in the Science Section of the Victorian Department of Agriculture and was Director of the National Museum of Victoria 1944-57. Thomas was educated at Wesley College, Melbourne and at the University of Melbourne (MAgrSc).

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1928

Career position - Joined Department of Agriculture

1935

Career position - President of the Entomological Society of Victoria

1935 - 1944

Career position - Government Entomologist with the Department of Agriculture (March - March)

c. 1940 - c. 1945

Career position - Commanded the Australian Mobile Entomological Section of the 2nd Australian Imperial Force

1944 - 1957

Career position - Director of the National Museum of Victoria

1945 - 1946

Career position - President of the Melbourne University Agricultural Society

1947

Career position - Member of the Grimwade Expedition to Western Australia

1957 - 1970

Career position - Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Melbourne

1963 - 1964

Career position - President of the Royal Society of Victoria

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Published resources

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, R.T.M., 'The Royal Society of Victoria From Then, 1854 to Now, 1959', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, vol. 73, 1961, pp. 1-40. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Pescott, R T M', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-515753. Details
• Pescott, R.T.M., 'The Royal Society of Victoria From Then, 1854 to Now, 1959', in Science and the making of Victoria, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/smv/003.html. Details

See also

• Science and the making of Victoria, with Royal Society of Victoria, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/smv/scripts/smv-dynindex.php3?EID=P001515. Details