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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2019-09-17 human Helen Cohn updated 2023-11-29 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006567b.htm person Becker Lothar AACR2 4 April 1825 1901? Place of Birth Nieder Leschen, Silesia Place of Death Breslau, Germany Naturalist Lothar Becker was a Silesian naturalist who spent two periods in Victoria travelling and making observations and collections on the local natural history. On his first visit, from later 1849 to January 1852 he spent most of his time around Melbourne and in Gippsland. During his visits Becker made some observations on the indigenous people he encountered. He returned to Europe via southeast Asia, India and the Middle East. Becker's second visit to Victoria was from November 1855 to April 1865, with a brief visit to New Zealand in 1861. From the late 1860s Becker was a teacher of English in Breslau and published prolifically on his Australian travels and natural history observations. His papers on Gippsland are among the earliest descriptions of the area and give an account of the after-effects of the devastating Black Thursday bushfire. Becker was particularly interested in fungi, sending his collections to Elias Fries in Sweden for identification. Some of his specimens have survived in several European herbaria. 'Becker, Lothar', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Becker, Lothar Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: The significance of mycological contributions by Lothar Becker May, Tom W.; and Darragh, Thomas A. The significance of mycological contributions by Lothar Becker 2019 Historical Records of Australian Science 30 2 130-7 Journal Article: Lothar Becker's contributions to anthropology Howes, Hilary Lothar Becker's contributions to anthropology 2019 Historical Records of Australian Science 30 2 138-45 Journal Article: Lothar Becker: a German naturalist in Victoria, 1849-52, 1855-65 Darragh, Thomas A. Lothar Becker: a German naturalist in Victoria, 1849-52, 1855-65 2019 Historical Records of Australian Science 30 2 119-29