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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy updated 2024-10-16 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000086b.htm person Betche Ernst AACR2 31 December 1851 28 June 1913 Place of Birth Germany Place of Death Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Botanist Botanical collector Ernst Betche was appointed as a botanical collector for the Sydney Botanic Gardens in 1881, botanical assistant in 1897 and later chief botanical assistant. He collected widely in New South Wales and published many papers on systematic botany in Australia.

Born 31 December 1851. Baptised Daniel Ludwig Ernst at Potsdam, near Berlin. Died Sydney, 28 June 1913. Educated Horticultural College, Potsdam. Municipal Gardens, Berlin; volunteer gardener, Ghent, Belgium 1974; collected plants in the South Seas; arrived Sydney 1880; director, Sydney Botanic Gardens 1881-97, botanical assistant from 1897 and later chief botanical assistant. Collaborated with Charles Moore in the "Handbook of the flora of New South Wales" (1893) and with J.H. Maiden in "A census of New South Wales plants" (1916).

1881 1897 Career position - Botanical collector, Sydney Botanic Gardens 1891 1891 Life event - Naturalised as an New South Wales citizen 1893 1893 Publication - "Handbook of the flora of New South Wales", co-authored with Charles Moore 1897 1913 Career position - Botanical assistant, then Chief botanical assistant, Sydney Botanic Gardens 1916 1916 Publication - "A census of New South Wales plants", with J. H. Maiden 1934 1934 Taxonomy event - Betche was collector of a syntype of Eucalyptus stuartiana F. Muell ex Miq. var. amblycorys Blakely. Moore, Charles (1820 - 1905)

Botanical collector 1881 - 1897

 Maiden, Joseph Henry (1859 - 1925) Royal Botanic Garden Sydney, Colony and State of New South Wales (1816 - )

Botanical collector 1881 - 1897; Botanical Assistant then Chief Botanical Assistant 1897 - 1913.

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 'Betche, Ernst', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Betche, Ernst Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Betche, Ernst (1851-1913), botanist McCormack, Terri Betche, Ernst (1851-1913), botanist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1969 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 3: 1851 - 1890 A-C Douglas Pike 158 Book: A census of New South Wales plants Maiden, J. H.; Betche, Ernst A census of New South Wales plants Sydney Government Printer 1916 Book: Handbook of the flora of New South Wales : a description of the flowering plants and ferns indigenous to New South Wales Moore, Charles; Betche, Ernst Handbook of the flora of New South Wales : a description of the flowering plants and ferns indigenous to New South Wales Sydney Government Printer 1893 Journal Article: The Curators and Botanists of the Botanic Gardens, Sydney. Froggatt, Walter W. The Curators and Botanists of the Botanic Gardens, Sydney. 1932 Royal Australian Historical Society xviii III 101-133 Journal Article: Records of Australian botanists (second supplement) Maiden, J. H. Records of Australian botanists (second supplement) 1921 Journal and Proceedings of The Royal Society of New South Wales 55 150-169 Book: Botanists of the Eucalypts: short biographies of people who have named eucalypts, whose names have been given to species or who have collected type material Hall, Norman Botanists of the Eucalypts: short biographies of people who have named eucalypts, whose names have been given to species or who have collected type material Melbourne CSIRO 1978

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 Ernst Betche - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Ernst Betche - Records 1913 Photograph of his grave c1913, in the Small Picture file of the records of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 1 item Photographs Australian Botanists - Biographies Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science Australian Botanists - Biographies MS 064 Hunt Institute Biographies. Short biographies, averaging 2 pages, of Australian botanists, botanical collectors or artists. 0.24 m, 3 boxes