Person

Chambers, Thomas Carrick (1930 - )

Born: 5 September 1930
Auckland, New Zealand
Occupation: Botanic gardens director and Botanist

Summary

Thomas Chambers was Professor of Botany, University of Melbourne 1967-1986 when he was appointed Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney.

Details

Born Auckland, New Zealand, 5 September 1930. Educated Universities of Auckland (MSc) and Sydney (PhD). Lecturer, Auckland University College 1955; teaching fellow, University of Sydney 1956-57; CSIRO Postgraduate Student 1958-59, resident tutor, senior tutor and Wilson Fellow, St Andrew's College; CSIRO Overseas Postgraduate Student, Botany School and Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge 1960-61; lecturer in Botany, University of Melbourne 1961-64, senior lecturer 1964-66, professor of botany 1967-86; Director, Royal Botanic Gardens and the Domain, Sydney 1986-.

Chronology

1988: Award - Doctor of Laws (LLD), honoris causa, University of Melbourne

Related Corporate Bodies

Royal Botanic Garden Sydney, Colony and State of New South Wales (1816 - )
Thomas Chambers was the Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney from 1986.

Date: 1986 - c. 1998
School of Botany, The University of Melbourne (1880s - )
Thomas Chambers held multiple positions at The University of Melbourne School of Botany between 1961 and 1986 including, Lecturer (1961 - 1964), Senior Lecturer (1964 - 1966), and Professor (1967 - 1986).

Date: 1961 - 1986
The University of Sydney (1850 - )
Thomas Chambers was a Teaching Fellow at The University of Sydney from 1956 to 1957.

Date: 1956 - 1957

Archival resources

The University of Melbourne Archives

Thomas Carrick Chambers - Records, 1853 - 1985; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

Chambers, T. C., 'Ewart, Alfred James (1872-1937), botanist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 8: 1891 - 1939 Cl-Gib, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1981), pp. 448-450. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080474b.htm. Details

Resources

Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q6146027. Details
VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/301807696. Details
'Chambers, Carrick (1930-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-614095. Details
'Awarded honorary LLD, 1988', Honorary degree holders, University of Melbourne, 2023, https://about.unimelb.edu.au/notable-alumni-staff/honorary-degree-holders. Details

Reviews

Hewson, Helen, Australia: 300 Years of Botanical Illustration
Chambers, Carrick, Historical Records of Australian Science, 13 (3), (2001), 358-359. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR0011330351. Details

McCarthy, G.J.

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