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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-06-30 human Rosanne Walker updated 2026-03-17 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002548b.htm person Bicheno James Ebenezer FLS FRS FGS AACR2 25 January 1785 25 February 1851 Place of Birth Newbury, Berkshire, England Place of Death Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Botanist 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.

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

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

April 1812 Award - Fellow, The Linnean Society of London (FLS) 1822 1822 Career position - Called to the Bar of the Middle Temple 1825 1832 Career position - Secretary, Linnean Society of London 10 May 1827 10 May 1827 Award - Fellow, The Royal Society, London (FRS) 1832 1842 Career position - Partner in Glamorganshire iron-works 1842 1842 Career position - Colonial Secretary of Van Diemen's Land 1851 1851 Life event - Interred and memorialised in St.David's Park, Hobart Royal Society of Tasmania (1843 - )

James Bicheno was an early Vice President of the Royal Society of Tasmania.

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 'Bicheno, James Ebenezer', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Bicheno, James Ebenezer Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Bicheno, James Ebenezer (1785-1851), author and colonial secretary Bicheno, James Ebenezer (1785-1851), author and colonial secretary Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1966 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 1: 1788 - 1850 A-H Douglas Pike 97-98 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