British , 1857-1900 Related Paintings of William Stott of Oldham :. | Choppy Sea | Ice River | Corn at Hall Carleton | Seascape with Distant Mountains | The Artist-s Wife | Related Artists:
Petere Lelypainted Julia Fasey, Lady Crewe in 17th century
Heinrich Martin Krabbepainted Young Lady in 19th/20th century
Max Koch(born July 17, 1854 - April 1, 1925) was a German-born Australian botanical collector.
Born in Berlin, Koch was apprenticed to a merchant's office, but, not liking the work, joined the crew of a Glasgow-based sailing ship at Bremerhaven. He left it at Port Augusta, South Australia in April 1878, taking work at a wheat farm. Later he moved to Mount Lyndhurst sheep station, where he remained for many years. Around 1896 he began serious botanical collecting.
Koch visited Germany around 1902-1903, then returned to Australia, and in 1904 moved to the extreme south-west of Western Australia, where he spent the next 17 years working in the timber industry. By that time he had a large family, and he supplemented his income by plant specimens, and, in his later years, seed. He died at Pemberton, Western Australia in 1925