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
Related entries
Archival resources
Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science
Published resources
Book Sections
- 'Bicheno, James Ebenezer (1785-1851), author and colonial secrertary' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 1: 1788 - 1850 A-H, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1966), pp. 97-98. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A010091b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3161052. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/40159835. Details
- 'Bicheno, J E (1785-1851)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-576453. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 30 June 1997, Last modified: 30 November 2021