Biographical entry Jacobs, Maxwell Ralph (1905 - 1979)
I.S.O., Dip.For., M.Sc., Dr.lng., Ph.D.
- Born
- 25 February 1905
North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - Died
- 9 October 1979
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia - Occupation
- Botanical collector, Botanist and Forester
Summary
Maxwell Jacobs was Principal of the Forestry School, Canberra between 1945 and 1961 and the Commonwealth Director-General of Forests from 1961 to 1970.
Details
Events
- 1928 - 1929
- Career position - Chief Forester for the Australian Capital Territory
- 1932
- Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus jacobsiana Blakely, which was collected by Jacobs, was named in his honour
- 1934
- Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus niphophloia Blakely & Jacobs
- 1934
- Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehnh. var. pendula Blakely & Jacobs
- 1934
- Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus abbreviata Blakely & Jacobs
- 1934 - 1939
- Career position - Lecturer, Australian Forestry School
- 1934 - 1939
- Career position - Research Officer, Australian Forestry and Timber Bureau
- 1944 - 1959
- Career position - Principal and lecturer in Silviculture, Australian Forestry School
- 1960 - 1970
- Career position - Director-General, Australian Forestry and Timber Bureau
- 1962
- Award - Jolly Medal of the Institute of Foresters of Australia
- 1966 - 1969
- Career position - Chairman of the Timber Industries Committee of the Standards Association of Australia
- 1975 - 1979
- Award - Foundation Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences
Related entries
Archival resources
Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science Exhibitions
- McCarthy, Gavan; Smith, Ailie; Moje, Christine; Rigby, Rebecca, The Study of Australian Eucalypts, eScholarship Research Centre, 2013, http://www.eoas.info/eucalypts/index.html. Details
- Smith, Ailie, Adolph Basser Library Manuscript Collection, eScholarship Research Centre, 2012, http://www.eoas.info/basser_browse.html. Details
Books
- Jacobs, M.R., A Survey of the Genus Eucalyptus in the Northern Territory, Commonwealth Forestry Bureau, Canberra, 1934. Details
- Jacobs, M.R., Growth habits of the eucalypts, Forestry and Timber Bureau, Canberra, 1955, 262 pp. Details
Book Sections
- Carron, L.T., 'Jacobs, Maxwell Ralph (1905-1979), Forestor', in John Ritchie (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 14, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1996, pp. 548-549. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A140623b.htm. Details
Resources
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/13806641. Details
- 'Jacobs, M R (19050225-19791009)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-490593. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Jacobs, Maxwell Ralph - Ms 74', in Listing of Adolph Basser Library holdings, Australian Academy of Science, 1994, http://www.science.org.au/basser/manuscript-collection/ms074.html. Details
- 'Primary description of person CP 85; Maxwell Ralph Jacobs', in RecordSearch, National Archives of Australia, 2000, http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/SearchOld.asp?Number=CP+85. Details
See also
- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_j.html. Details
- Hall, Norman, Botanists of the Eucalypts: short biographies of people who have named eucalypts, whose names have been given to species or who have collected type material, CSIRO, Melbourne, 1978, 101 pp. Details
McCarthy, G.J. & Moje, C.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 13 February 2018
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