Charles French (entomologist)

Charles French (10 September 1842 – 21 May 1933) was an Australian horticulturist, naturalist, entomologist and plant/seed collector who made significant contributions to economic entomology.

[1] French became interested in natural history and was apprenticed to a nurseryman at James Scott's nursery, Hawthorn.

[1] In 1873 William Guilfoyle was appointed curator of the Gardens and French was placed in charge of fern propagation in the nursery complex.

In 1874 he co-authored an article on timber-boring insects which appeared in the annual report of the Department of Agriculture.

In 1889 French was appointed first Victorian government entomologist and in 1891 published Part I of his A Handbook of the Destructive Insects of Victoria.