Person
Bastow, Richard Austin (1839 - 1920)
- Born
- 14 May 1839
Edinburgh, Scotland - Died
- 14 May 1920
- Occupation
- Botanist and Botanical artist
Summary
Richard Bastow, an architectural draughtsman, specialised in the field of cryptogamic botany and was a keen member of the Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria.
Details
Born Edinburgh, Scotland, 14 May 1839. Died Melbourne, 14 May 1920. Arrived Tasmania 1884 as architectural draughtsman; took up botany as a hobby; moved to Victoria ca 1888; worked on mosses.
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
- Richard Austin Bastow - Records, 1880 - 1920, MSS M15; National Herbarium, Melbourne. Details
Published resources
Journal Articles
- Jolley, H., 'Richard Austin Bastow, 1839-1920', Australasian Bryological newsletter, 40 (1999), 104. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7323833. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/1450150748994516420005. Details
- 'Bastow, R A. (18390514-19200514)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476965. Details
See also
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 12 February 2018
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