Person
Welch, Marcus Baldwin (1895 - 1942)
- Born
- 1895
Palmerston, New Zealand - Died
- 1942
Megalong Valley, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Botanist
Summary
Marcus Welch was Assistant Botanist (1919-1921) and Economic Botanist (1921-1936) at The Sydney Technological Museum, and Senior Research Officer, Division of Wood Technology, Forestry Commission of New South Wales (1936-).
Details
Chronology
- 1912 - 1916
- Career position - Chemist, Colonial Sugar Refinery Co.
- 1916
- Military service - First World War. Private, discharged to manufacture munititions
- 1919 - 1921
- Career position - Assistant Botanist, Sydney Technological Museum
- 1921 - 1936
- Career position - Economic Botanist, Sydney Technological Museum
- 1924
- Taxonomy event - Co-author of Eucalyptus badjensis Beuzev. & M.B.Welch
- 1928
- Career event - Elected Associate Member (Botany and Forestry), Australian National Research Council
- 1936 - ?
- Career position - Senior Research Officer, Forestry Commission of New South Wales
Related entries
Archival resources
Powerhouse Museum
- Welch, Marcus Baldwin (1895-1942), 1921 - 1942, MRS 225, MRS 291, MRS 333; Powerhouse Museum. Details
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- McCarthy, Gavan; Smith, Ailie; Moje, Christine; Rigby, Rebecca, The Study of Australian Eucalypts, eScholarship Research Centre, 2013, http://www.eoas.info/eucalypts/index.html. Details
Journal Articles
- 'Obituary: M. B. Welch', Australian Journal of Science, 5 (3) (1942), 97-98. Details
- Roughley, T. C.; and Welch, M. B., 'Wood borers damaging Australian timber', Technological Museum bulletin, 8 (1923), 1-28. Details
- Swain, E.H.F., 'Marcus Baldwin Welch, BSc, AIC', Australian Timber Journal, 8 (9) (1942), 931-935. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21340713. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/5823155044832072520005. Details
- CA 2001 Australian Imperial Force, Base Records Office, 'NAA: B2455, Welch Marcus Baldwin', B2455 First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920, National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?O=I&Number=8380413. Details
- 'Welch, Marcus Baldwin (1895-19421231)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476934. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 21 December 2001, Last modified: 15 May 2024