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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2012-06-21 human Rebecca Rigby and Neville Walsh updated 2024-06-25 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005163b.htm person Allen Charles Ernest Frank AACR2 2 July 1876 1936? Place of Birth Devonshire, England Public servant Agricultural expert Botanical collector Botanic gardens director Charles Allen was a promoter of the economic importance of agricultural and botanical knowledge. Among other public service roles, Charles Allen was Curator of the Northern Territory Botanical Gardens from 1913 to 1936. Upon his return from service in the Australian Expeditionary Force (1915-1919) he was appointed Superintendent of Agriculture within the Northern Territory Department of Agriculture. In 1920 he was named as an Inspector under the Plant Diseases Ordinance. Some of the botanical specimens he collected were sent to J.H. Maiden, others were given to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England. 7 October 1913 7 October 1913 Career event - Appointed as Curator of the Botanical Gardens, Darwin, Northern Territory 1919 1919 Career event - Appointed Superintendent of Agriculture, N.T. Department of Agriculture 1920 1920 Career event - Appointed Inspector under the Plant Diseases Ordinance 1934 1934 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus microtheca var. cymbaliformis Blakely & Jacobs. Allen was joint collector of the species type. 1934 1934 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus cyanoclada Blakely was described, of which Allen collected the type. 21 February 1936 21 February 1936 Career event - Retired from the public service Darwin Botanic Gardens (1886 - )

Curator, Darwin Botanic Gardens

 Allen, Charles Ernest Frank (18760702-19361231)

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 'Allen, Charles Ernest Frank', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Allen, Charles Ernest Frank Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation 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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