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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2020-02-18 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-10-14 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006809b.htm person Musson Charles Tucker AACR2 14 December 1856 9 December 1928 Place of Birth Nottingham, United Kingdom Place of Death Gordon, New South Wales, Australia Naturalist Teacher Charles Musson was a naturalist and teacher who for nearly 30 years taught science subjects (largely botany and entomology) at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College in New South Wales. He was an enthusiastic advocate for the study of nature, particularly ecological and environmental aspects. Musson published prolifically on a wide range of natural history subjects (including weeds, seed testing, shells and birds) in scientific journals and popular magazines. For 40 years he was a Fellow of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 1887 1887 Life event - Settled in Australia 1888 Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1888 1928 Career position - Fellow, Linnean Society of New South Wales 1891 1919 Career position - Science Master, Hawkesbury Agricultural College, New South Wales 1919 1919 Life event - Retired Linnean Society of New South Wales (1874 - )

Fellow 1888 - 1928

 Hawkesbury Agricultural College (1891 - 1989)

Science Master 1891 - 1919

 Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science (1888 - 1930)

Original [founding] member 1888 -

 'Musson, Charles Tucker', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Musson, Charles Tucker Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Charles Tucker Musson Browne, W. R. Charles Tucker Musson 1929 Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 55 1 vii Journal Article: The Nature Study Idea in New South Wales: the Role of Charles Tucker Musson (1856-1928) Kass, Dorothy The Nature Study Idea in New South Wales: the Role of Charles Tucker Musson (1856-1928) 2013 Historical Records of Australian Science 24 2 225-41