Person
McAlpine, Daniel (1849 - 1932)
- Born
- 21 January 1849
Saltcoats, Ayrshire, Scotland - Died
- 12 October 1932
Leitchville, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Agricultural scientist and Biologist
Summary
Daniel McAlpine was a lecturer in biology at the University of Melbourne from 1884 and a vegetable pathologist with the Victorian Department of Agriculture 1890-1910.
Details
Chronology
- 1884 - 1890
- Career position - Lecturer in Biology, The University of Melbourne
- 1890 - 1910
- Career position - Vegetable Pathologist, Victorian Department of Agriculture
Related entries
Archival resources
Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science
- Australian Botanists - Biographies, MS 064; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details
National Herbarium, Melbourne
- Daniel McAlpine - Records, 1889 - 1894, MSS M37; National Herbarium, Melbourne. Details
Private hands (Wedge, E.)
- Daniel McAlpine - Records, 1849 - 1932; Private hands (Wedge, E.). Details
State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection
- Daniel McAlpine - Records, 1872 - 1926; State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection. Details
- Daniel McAlpine - Records, 1879, MS 8725; State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection. Details
Victorian College of Agriculture and Horticulture, Burnley
- Daniel McAlpine - Records, 1849 - 1932; Victorian College of Agriculture and Horticulture, Burnley. Details
Published resources
Books
- Parbery, Douglas G., Daniel McAlpine and the bitter pit (Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2015), 252 pp. Details
Book Sections
- White, Neville H., 'McAlpine, Daniel (1849-1932), Vegetable Pathologist' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds, vol. 10 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1986), pp. 193-194. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100186b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Anon, 'Death of Daniel McAlpine', Australasian journal of pharmacy, 13 (1923), 933, 1003-5, 1037, 1096. Details
- Fish, S., 'Daniel McAlpine: a pioneer plant pathologist of Australia', Australian Plant Pathology Society Newsletter, 5 (1) (1976), 11-13. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21340814. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/68000032. Details
- 'McAlpine, D (1848-1932)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-579139. Details
See also
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 8 May 2018
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