Person

Bicheno, James Ebenezer (1785 - 1851)

FLS FRS FGS

Born: 25 January 1785
Newbury, Berkshire, England
Died: 25 February 1851
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation: Botanist

Summary

James 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. Appointed a Fellow of the Linnean Society 1812, he had several papers on botany and natural history published in its "Transactions". He assisted Sir William Jardine in preparing the two volumes of "Illustrations of Ornithology" (Edinburgh, 1830). Bicheno 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. He was also a Fellow of the Geological Society.

Details

His portrait is in the rooms of the Linnean Society, London.

He is memorialised in St.David's Park, Hobart, Tasmania.

Chronology

April 1812 -: Award - Fellow of the Linnean Society of London (FLS)
1822: Career position - Called to the Bar of the Middle Temple
1825 - 1832: Career position - Secretary of the Linnean Society of London
10 May 1827: Award - Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)
1832 - 1842: Career position - Partner in Glamorganshire iron-works
1842: Career position - Colonial Secretary of Van Diemen's Land
1851: Life event - Interred and memorialised in St.David's Park, Hobart

Related Corporate Bodies

Royal Society of Tasmania (1843 - )
James Bicheno was an early Vice President of the Royal Society of Tasmania.

Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

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

Published resources

Book Sections

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

Resources

Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3161052. Details
VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/40159835. Details
'Bicheno, J E (1785-1851)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-576453. Details

Rosanne Walker

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