Person

Bicheno, James Ebenezer (1785 - 1851)

FLS FRS FGS

Born
25 January 1785
Newbury, Berkshire, England
Died
25 February 1851
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation
Botanist

Summary

James Bicheno was appointed colonial secretary of Van Diemen's Land in September 1842. He was a keen amateur botanist and experimented with plants on his small farm on the banks of the New Town Rivulet. Appointed a Fellow of the Linnean Society 1812, he had several papers on botany and natural history published in its "Transactions". He assisted Sir William Jardine in preparing the two volumes of "Illustrations of Ornithology" (Edinburgh, 1830). Bicheno lectured on botany to the Mechanics' Institute and had papers published in the "Transactions of the Royal Society of Tasmania". Early vice-president, Royal Society of Tasmania, vice-president, Mechanics' Institute 1849. He was also a Fellow of the Geological Society.

Details

His portrait is in the rooms of the Linnean Society, London.

He is memorialised in St.David's Park, Hobart, Tasmania.

Chronology

April 1812 -
Award - Fellow, The Linnean Society of London (FLS)
1822
Career position - Called to the Bar of the Middle Temple
1825 - 1832
Career position - Secretary, Linnean Society of London
10 May 1827
Award - Fellow, The Royal Society, London (FRS)
1832 - 1842
Career position - Partner in Glamorganshire iron-works
1842
Career position - Colonial Secretary of Van Diemen's Land
1851
Life event - Interred and memorialised in St.David's Park, Hobart

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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

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