Donald McGillivray

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Donald John McGillivray (20 August 1935 - 17 August 2012^[1] ) in New South Wales, Australia, usually known as D.J. McGillivray, was an Australian botanical taxonomist. He was trained in forestry, and became interested in plant taxonomy just before he transferred in 1964 to the National Herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney, New South Wales.

From 1969 to 1970, he was the Australian Botanical Liaison Officer at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, London.^[2]

McGillivray specialised in the Grevillea genus, and in 1993 published Grevillea – Proteaceae: A Taxonomic Revision, a definitive scientific survey of the prolific Australian plant genus.

The standard author abbreviation McGill. is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.^[3]

Notes

↑ "Vale Donald John (Don) McGillivray". Australian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter (154): 16–20. March 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
↑ "A brief history of the ABLO position". Retrieved 20 August 2008.
↑ [http://www.ipni.org/ipni/advAuthorSearch.do?find_abbreviation=McGill. "Author Query for 'McGill.'"]. International Plant Names Index.

Government offices
Preceded by A.S. George	Australian Botanical Liaison Officer 1969–1970	Succeeded by John Carrick

Authority control	VIAF: 50906746 ISNI: 0000 0000 8231 1224

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Name	McGillivray, Donald
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Short description	Australian botanist
Date of birth	20 August 1935
Place of birth
Date of death	17 August 2012
Place of death

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