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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. and Helen Cohn updated 2025-11-20 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000425b.htm person French Charles Hamilton AACR2 10 June 1868 17 July 1950 Place of Birth South Yarra, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Deepdene, Victoria, Australia Entomologist Naturalist Charles H. French was an entomologist who spent over 40 years with the Victorian Department of Agriculture, initially as an Inspector employed under the Vegetation diseases Act, and later as Government Entomologist. In this role he succeeded his father, Charles French. Between 1907 and 1927 Charles H. French published 31 articles in the Department's Journal of agriculture. He was a willing collaborator with his father on field trips when they collected insects. In his early career he was Herbarium Assistant at the Botanical Museum of Melbourne, his responsibilities including excursions to collect specimens for the Museum. The National Herbarium of Victoria (successor to the Museum) holds over 1,000 of his specimens. He was particularly interested in orchids, describing many new species for Victoria. French was a Member (later Honorary Member) of the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria for over 60 years. 1883 1895 Career position - Herbarium Assistant, Botanical Museum of Melbourne 1883 1937 Career position - Member, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria 1895 1911 Career position - Inspector under Vegetation Diseases Act (later Assistant Entomologist), Victorian Department of Agriculture 1911 1931 Career position - Government Entomologist, Victorian Department of Agriculture 1931 1933 Career position - Officr-in-Charge, Science Branch, Burnley School of Horticulture 1931 1933 Career position - Biologist, Victorian Department of Agriculture 1933 1933 Life event - Retired 1937 1950 Award - Honorary Member, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria French, Charles (1842 - 1933) Botanical Museum of Melbourne, Colony of Victoria (1853 - 1896)

Herbarium Assistant 1883 - 1895

 National Herbarium of Victoria (1896 - )

The Herbarium hold over 1,000spms collected by French

 Burnley School of Horticulture (1891 - 1983?)

Officr-in-Charge, Science Branch 1931 - 1933

 Victorian Department of Agriculture, Colony and State of Victoria (1872 - 1985)

Government Entomologist 1911 - 1931; Government Biologist 1931 - 1933

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 French, Charles Hamilton (1868-1950)

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 'French, Charles Hamilton', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology French, Charles Hamilton Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: French, Charles (1842-1933), horticulturalist, naturalist and entomologist, and Charles Hamilton (1868-1950), naturalist and entomologist Pescott, R. T. M. French, Charles (1842-1933), horticulturalist, naturalist and entomologist, and Charles Hamilton (1868-1950), naturalist and entomologist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1981 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 8: 1891 - 1939 Cl-Gib Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 585-586 Book: Bibliography of Australian entomology, 1775-1930: with biographical notes on authors and collectors Musgrave, A. Bibliography of Australian entomology, 1775-1930: with biographical notes on authors and collectors Sydney Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1932 Journal Article: The late Charles Hamilton French Pescott, E. E. The late Charles Hamilton French 1950 Victorian naturalist 67 7 146-8 Journal Article: Botanical pioneers in Victoria - II Willis, J. H. Botanical pioneers in Victoria - II 1949 Victorian Naturalist 66 6 103-9 Charles Hamilton (1) French - Records National Herbarium, Melbourne Charles Hamilton (1) French - Records 1887 Field notebook of a scientific expedition by the Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria to King Island, November 1887. 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