Person
French, Charles Hamilton (1868 - 1950)
- Born
- 10 June 1868
South Yarra, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 17 July 1950
Deepdene, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Entomologist and Naturalist
Summary
Charles H. French was an entomologist who spent over 40 years with the Victorian Department of Agriculture, initially as an Inspector employed under the Vegetation diseases Act, and later as Government Entomologist. In this role he succeeded his father, Charles French. Between 1907 and 1927 Charles H. French published 31 articles in the Department's Journal of agriculture. He was a willing collaborator with his father on field trips when they collected insects. In his early career he was Herbarium Assistant at the Botanical Museum of Melbourne, his responsibilities including excursions to collect specimens for the Museum. The National Herbarium of Victoria (successor to the Museum) holds over 1,000 of his specimens. He was particularly interested in orchids, describing many new species for Victoria. French was a Member (later Honorary Member) of the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria for over 60 years.
Details
Chronology
- 1883 - 1895
- Career position - Herbarium Assistant, Botanical Museum of Melbourne
- 1883 - 1937
- Career position - Member, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria
- 1895 - 1911
- Career position - Inspector under Vegetation Diseases Act (later Assistant Entomologist), Victorian Department of Agriculture
- 1911 - 1931
- Career position - Government Entomologist, Victorian Department of Agriculture
- 1931 - 1933
- Career position - Officr-in-Charge, Science Branch, Burnley School of Horticulture
- 1931 - 1933
- Career position - Biologist, Victorian Department of Agriculture
- 1933
- Life event - Retired
- 1937 - 1950
- Award - Honorary Member, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria
Related entries
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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 Hamilton (1) French - Records, 1887; National Herbarium, Melbourne. Details
Published resources
Books
- Musgrave, A., Bibliography of Australian entomology, 1775-1930: with biographical notes on authors and collectors (Sydney: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, 1932), 380 pp. Details
Book Sections
- Pescott, R. T. M., 'French, Charles (1842-1933) and Charles Hamilton (1868-1950)' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 8: 1891 - 1939 Cl-Gib, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1981), pp. 585-586. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080602b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Pescott, E. E., 'The late Charles Hamilton French', Victorian naturalist, 67 (7) (1950), 146-8. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q24170551. Details
- 'French, Charles Hamilton (1868-1950)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1468677. Details
McCarthy, G.J. and Helen Cohn
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