Person

French, Charles (1842 - 1933)

Born
10 September 1842
Lewisham, Kent, England
Died
21 May 1933
Malvern, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Naturalist and Entomologist

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.

Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

  • Australian Botanists - Biographies, MS 064; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

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: with biographical notes on authors and collectors (Sydney: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, 1932), 380 pp. Details

Book Sections

Journal Articles

  • Hogan, T. W., 'The History of Economic Entomology in Victoria from the Time of Charles French', Journal of the Australian Entomological Society, 33 (3) (1994), 279-288. Details
  • Malipatil, Mallik B.; Sermeraro, Linda; and New, Tim R., 'Review and update of the nomenclature of arthropods discussed by Charles French in his work A handbook of the destructive insects of Victoria', The Victorian naturalist, 138 (5) (2021), 128-44. Details
  • Pescott, E.E., 'Charles French', The Victorian naturalist, 50 (7) (1933), 57-60. Details

Resources

See also

  • Serle, Percival, Dictionary of Australian biography (Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1949). Details
  • Willis, J. H., 'Botanical pioneers in Victoria - II', Victorian Nnaturalist, 66 (6) (1949), 103-9. Details
  • Willis, J. H., Botanical Pioneers in Victoria, vol. 66 ([Melbourne]: [Brown Prior Anderson], 1949), 19 pp. Details

McCarthy, G.J.

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