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

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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

McCarthy, G.J. and Helen Cohn

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