John Frederick Bailey
John Frederick Bailey
John Frederick Bailey ( 5 August 1866 – 19 May 1938) was a botanist and horticulturist active in Australia in the late 19th and early 20th century.
John Frederick Bailey became Director of the Botanic Gardens of Brisbane in 1905.[1] He succeeded his father, Frederick Manson Bailey, as state botanist of Queensland for 18 months in 1915-16. He was subsequently the Director of the Botanic Gardens of Adelaide from 1917 to 1932.[2]
Memberships
- Royal Society of Queensland, Secretary from 1893 to 1905, President from 1909
- Horticultural Society
Publications
- 1896: Report on the timber trees of Herberton District, North Quensland. 15 pages.
- 1906: A Selection of Flowering Climbers. 15 pages.
- 1910: Introduction of economic plants into Queensland. 102 pages.
Literature
- Adelaide Botanic Garden, Centenary Volume 1855-1955 (Adel, 1955)
- Votes and Proceedings (Legislative Assembly, Queensland), 1906, 2, 146, (South Australia), 1918, 3 (89)
- R. H. Pulleine, 'The botanical colonisation of the Adelaide plains', Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (South Australian Branch), 35 (1935)
- C. T. White, 'The Bailey family and its place in the botanical history of Australia', JRHSQ, 3 (1936–47)
- Observer (Adelaide), 30 June 1923, 18 Apr 1925
- Australian botanists biographical files (Australian Academy of Science Library).
References
- ↑ Peter Vallee: Bailey, John Frederick (1866–1938), Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, published as a hard copy in 1979, online version downloaded on 9 June 2014.
- ↑ George, Alex S. (13 December 2012). "Bailey, John Frederick (1866 - 1938)". Biographical Notes. Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria, Australian National Herbarium. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
- ↑ "Author Query for 'J.F.Bailey'". International Plant Names Index.
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