Mary Tindale

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Mary Douglas Tindale (19 September 1920 – 31 March 2011) was an Australian botanist specialising in pteridology (ferns) and the genera Acacia and Glycine.

Tindale was born in Randwick, New South Wales, the only child of George Harold Tindale and Grace Matilda Tindale. She attended primary school in New York while her father served as British Ambassador to the United States. She returned to Sydney, Australia to attend high school at Abbotsleigh.^[1]

Tindale earned a BS in Botany with Honours from Sydney University, as well as a Masters degree from the same school. She became Assistant Botanist at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney in 1944 and later served as the Australian Botanical Liaison Officer at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew from 1949-1951. After completing her Doctor of Science, she was also appointed the first Principal Research Scientist at NSW Public Works. She retired from the Gardens in Sydney in 1983 after 39 years of service there.^[1]

Tindale died in 2011.^[1]

The standard author abbreviation Tindale is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.^[2]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Farrant, Penny. "Mary Tindale: 1920-2011". 7 April 2011. The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
↑ "Author Query for 'Tindale'". International Plant Names Index.

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Name	Tindale, Mary
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Short description	Botanist
Date of birth	19 September 1920
Place of birth	Randwick, New South Wales
Date of death	31 March 2011
Place of death

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