Person
Turner, Fred (1852 - 1939)
- Born
- 17 April 1852
Burton Salmon, Yorkshire, England - Died
- 17 October 1939
Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Botanist and Horticulturist
Summary
Fred Turner joined the staff of the Botanic Gardens, Sydney in 1880 and in 1890 was appointed economic botanist in the new Department of Agriculture, New South Wales but was retrenched in 1893. He was later consulting botanist to the Western Australian Government.
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Chronology
- 1874 - 1880
- Career position - Horticulturist and botanist, Brisbane Botanic Gardens
- 1880 - 1890
- Career position - Horticulturist and botanist, Sydney Botanic Gardens
- 1890 - 1893
- Career position - Government Botanist, Department of Agriculture
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
- Ferdinand Jakob Heinrich von Mueller - Records, c. 1885 - c. 1893, Am 27; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
- Fred Turner - Records, 1925; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection
- Fred Turner - Records, 1880 - 1932, MS 392; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details
Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney
- Fred Turner - Records, 1880 - 1890; Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. Details
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- Collins, David, Chemistry in 19th Australia - Select Bibliography, An exhibition of the Encyclopedia circa 2005 with assistance from Ailie Smith and Gavan McCarthy., eScholarship Research Centre (original publisher), Melbourne, 2009, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/ciab/ciab_ALL.html. Details
Book Sections
- Gilbert, L. A., 'Turner, Fred (1852-1939), horticulturalist and botanist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 12: 1891 - 1939 Smy-Z, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1990), pp. 292-293. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120327b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Guthrie, F.B.; and Turner, Fred, 'Supposed Poisonous Plant : A Description and Analysis of the "Darling Pea", "Indigo", "Cranky Pea", &c. (Swainsona galegifolia )', The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, 4 (1893), 84-89. Details
- Turner, F., 'The Zamia Palm (Macrozamia miquelii, F.v. M.) and its Relation to the Disease Known as Rickets in Cattle', The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, 4 (1893), 158-161. Details
- Turner, Fred, 'The Supposed Poisonous Plants of Western Australia', Report of the seventh meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, 7 (1898), 910-919, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15378916. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5496436. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/91612698. Details
- 'Turner, Frederick (1852-1852)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-479536. Details
Gavan McCarthy
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 3 October 2024
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