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Born 11 April 1925 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; died 9 May 2012
Zacharin was educated at Wesley College, Melbourne, and then attended Melbourne University. He qualified MB BS in 1948.
Zacharin was a gynaecologist at the
Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, and Examiner in
Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University
of Melbourne and Monash University. He is
also Examiner to the Royal College of
Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
He
travelled extensively in the United Kingdom,
Europe, U.S.A., Central America, South and
East Africa, Indonesia, China and Nepal,
where he trekked to the Annapurna
Sanctuary and the Everest Base Camp. He has
also visited Mauritius, India and Ceylon, and
in all these places has pursued the emigrant
eucalypts.
He wrote the book: 'Emigrant Eucalypts, Gum Trees as Exotics' in 1978.
Source: Extracted from: back dust-jacket of 'Emigrant Eucalypts, Gum Trees as Exotics' (1978) Melb.Uni.Press, 137p;
website: Plarr's
Lives of the Fellows, The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Portrait Photo: Extracted from: dust-jacket above..