Biographical entry Bicheno, James Ebenezer (1785 - 1851)

Summary

James Ebenezer Bicheno was appointed colonial secretary of Van Diemen's Land in September 1842. He was a keen amateur botanist and experimented with plants on his small farm on the banks of the New Town Rivulet. He had several papers on botany and natural history published in its "Transactions" and assisted Sir William Jardine in preparing the two volumes of "Illustrations of Ornithology" (Edinburgh, 1830). Bicheno experimented with plants on his small farm on the banks of the New Town Rivulet, Van Diemen's Land, lectured on botany to the Mechanics' Institute and had papers published in the "Transactions of the Royal Society of Tasmania". Early vice-president, Royal Society of Tasmania, vice-president, Mechanics' Institute 1849.

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Events

1812 -

Award - Fellow of the Linnean Society

1822

Career position - Called to the Bar of the Middle Temple

1825 - 1832

Career position - Secretary of the Linnean Society

1832 - 1842

Career position - Partner in Glamorganshire iron-works

1842

Career position - Colonial Secretary of Van Diemen's Land

Published resources

Book Sections

• 'Bicheno, James Ebenezer (1785-1851)', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 1, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1966, pp. 97-98. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A010091b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Bicheno, J E', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-576453. Details