Person

Moore, Charles (1820 - 1905)

Born
10 May 1820
Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland
Died
30 April 1905
Paddington, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Botanic gardens director and Botanist

Summary

Charles Moore was Government Botanist and Director of the Botanic Gardens, Sydney from 1848 to 1896. He co-authored the Handbook of the Flora of New South Wales with Ernst Betche, which was published in 1893

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Chronology

1848 - 1896
Career position - Director of the Botanical Gardens, Sydney
1850
Career event - Collected botanical specimens in the South Pacific, including New Zealand, the New Hebrides and New Caledonia
1869
Career event - Collected botanical specimens on Lord Howe Island
1888 -
Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science
1893
Career event - Published: Handbook of the Flora of New South Wales, co-authored with E. Betche
1905
Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus moorei Maiden & Cambage was named in honour of Moore

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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

  • Charles Moore - Records, 1880 - 1887, MSS M50; National Herbarium, Melbourne. Details

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

Books

  • Moore, Charles; Betche, Ernst, Handbook of the flora of New South Wales : a description of the flowering plants and ferns indigenous to New South Wales (Sydney: Government Printer, 1893), 582 pp. Details

Book Sections

Journal Articles

  • Froggatt, Walter W., 'The Curators and Botanists of the Botanic Gardens, Sydney.', Royal Australian Historical Society, xviii (III) (1932), 101-133. Details
  • Moore, C., 'Remarks on a New plant Rich in Tannin', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 24 (1890), 71-73. Details

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See also

  • Maiden, J. H., 'Records of Australian botanists:- (a) general; (b) New South Wales', Journal and Proceedings of The Royal Society of New South Wales, 42 (1908), 60-132. Details
  • Moyal, Ann: with Robert E. Marks, 'The scientists and Darwin's The origin of species in nineteenth century Australia: a re-evaluation', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 152 (1) (2019), 5-26. Details

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