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Willis, James Hamlyn (1910 - 1995)

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Botanist

Born: 28 January 1910 Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia. Died: 10 November 1995.

James Hamlyn Willis is one of Australia's most renowned and beloved botanists and authors. He was taxanomic botanist at the National Herbarium within the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, from 1937 to the end of his career in 1972. Willis received many honours including those from the Australian Institute of Horticulture, the Society for Growing Australian Plants, the Australian Conservation Foundation and the National Trust of Australia, and the Royal Society of Victoria's Research Medal. He was educated at the Victorian School of Forestry in Creswick (Dip.For.) and at the University of Melbourne (BSc, DSc).

Career Highlights

Chronology
1930 - 1939 Forests Commission Field Officer in Victoria
1939 - 1958 Botanist at the National Herbarium in Victoria
1960 Australian Natural History Medallion received
1961 - 1972 Assistant Government Botanist at the National Herbarium
1962 Wrote A Handbook to Plants in Victoria
1968 Co-authored Australian Flora in Colour; Flowers and Plants of Victoria
1971 - 1972 Acting Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens and the National Herbarium
1995 Member of the Order of Australia (AM)

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Tropea, Rachel, Barnes, Andrea and Anderson, Fay, James Hamlyn Willis Guide to Records, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, December 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/will/will.htm. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 13 December 2006

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