Person
Cunningham, Richard (1793 - 1835)
- Born
- 12 February 1793
Wimbledon, Surrey, England - Died
- 15 March 1835
New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Botanic gardens director and Botanist
Summary
Richard Cunningham was Superintendent of Sydney Botanic Garden and Colonial Botanist 1832 - 1835. He visited New Zealand in 1833 - 1834 and was killed while on T.L. Mitchell's 1835 expedition to ascertain the course of the Darling River.
Related entries
Archival resources
Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science
- Australian Botanists - Biographies, MS 064; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details
Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales
- Richard Cunningham - Records, 1835; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
Published resources
Book Sections
- Lucas, A. M., 'Richard Cunnigham, 1793-1835' in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004). Details
- Parsons, Vivenne, 'Cunningham, Richard (1793-1835), botanist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 1: 1788 - 1850 A-H, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1966), pp. 268-269. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A010257b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Froggatt, Walter W., 'The Curators and Botanists of the Botanic Gardens, Sydney.', Royal Australian Historical Society, xviii (III) (1932), 101-133. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q4212532. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/37699631. Details
- 'Cunningham, Richard (1793-1835)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1470980. Details
See also
- Maiden, J. H., Sydney Botanic Gardens: biographical notes concerning the officers in charge, 4 vols (Sydney: The Gardens, 1902-1903). Details
- 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
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 11 November 2021
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