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Charles Moore (botanist)

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33: 154:, Scotland on 10 May 1820. His parents were Charles, a gardener, and Helen Moir (née Rattray). The couple had 9 children, 7 of whom survived infancy. Moore had one sister and 5 brothers. The family changed their name to Moore in 1830, which was also sometimes spelt Muir. From age 12, Moore trained as a gardener in the Botanic Gardens of 252:
He visited Lord Howe Island in 1869, and attended the Botanical Congress and the International Horticultural Exhibition in Florence in 1874. In 1879, he landscaped the grounds of the Garden Palace, built for the Sydney International Exhibition. He was involved in the dismissal of Captain
241:. He was a member of a number of societies both in New South Wales and London. In 1876 he was a commissioner for the Philadelphia and Melbourne exhibitions, and served as a trustees for several parks in Sydney. He did not enjoy writing, but he published two books 206:, Dublin, there was a large volume of specimens exchanged between the two Gardens. He studied the native flora of Australia, while also researching the economic possibilities which led him to establishing a library and added a lecture theatre. He also founded a 273:, was curator at the time. Moore's wife, Elizabeth Bennett (née Edwards), died on 10 October 1891. Moore died on 20 April 1905 in Sydney, leaving an estate worth over £5,300. He is buried in Rookwood cemetery. Nineteen species were named after him by 222:. Changes in the governance of the Gardens led to antagonism with some of the other staff and management. There was an unsuccessful campaign to remove him from his post, and to have his title downgraded from director to curator. 194:, Australia by Earl Grey. He arrived in Sydney on 14 January 1848 and took up the position of Director of the Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney, a position he held until 5 May 1896. In this time he undertook several trips in eastern 201:
Moore began a programme to improve the gardens, which had been neglected, starting plant exchanges between the Garden and international botanical institutions and other donors. As his brother, David, was the director of the
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as an assistant botanist in May 1837, and was appointed botanist of the Survey after his brother left in post in 1838, working in County Donegal. He was awarded a Templeton prize for a display of native plants at the
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in 1882. In 1883, he had J.C. Dunlop and his wife removed from the Gardens for displaying "uxorious affection". Dunlop successfully sued Moore, but the decision was reversed by the colonial secretary,
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in 1838. He left his position at the Survey and moved to England, working in Regent's Park and from 1847 as a gardener in
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in Ireland after the death of their mother. He won a number of prizes while there, including the first premium in the
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After his retirement in 1896, he visited Dublin, travelling to the Gardens at Glasnevin. His nephew,
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in 1861. This collection was displayed at the 1862 London exhibition, and formed the basis for his
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In 1847 he was appointed a government botanist and director of the Botanic Gardens in
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He amassed a collection of Australian timber specimens from his visits to the
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and a medicinal plant garden. In 1850, he collected specimens from
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Dundee, Scotland
Paddington, New South Wales
Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney
botany
Author abbrev. (botany)
Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney
Dundee
Trinity College, Dublin
David
Horticultural Society of Ireland
Ordnance Survey
Botanic Gardens, Belfast
Kew
Sydney
New South Wales
Botanic Gardens in Glasnevin
herbarium
New Hebrides
Solomon Islands
New Caledonia
Blue Mountains
Richmond
Clarence Rivers
Richard Ramsay Armstrong
Alexander Stuart
Frederick William Moore
Ferdinand von Mueller
author abbreviation
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