Person
Francis, George William (1800 - 1865)
- Born
- 1800
England - Died
- 9 August 1865
- Occupation
- Botanic gardens director and Botanist
Summary
George Francis was the Director and Secretary of the new Botanic Gardens, Adelaide 1855-1865. Here he was responsible for establishing the perimeter, solving flooding probems, and landscaping North Terrace to blend with entrance to gardens. He also established the first herbarium and botanical library in Adelaide.
Francis worked in London prior to arriving in South Australia in 1849 and was the editor of the journal "Science and Art". His prior experience in parks and gardens in London proved useful in his landscaping work in Adealide.
Details
Chronology
- 1849
- Life event - Arrived in South Australia
- 1855 - 1860
- Career position - Superintendent, Adelaide Botanic Gardens
- 1860 - 1865
- Career position - Director, Adelaide Botanic Gardens
Related entries
Archival resources
Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science
- Australian Botanists - Biographies, MS 064; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details
Botanic Gardens of Adelaide and State Herbarium
- George William Francis - Records, 1855 - 1865, P4-1; Botanic Gardens of Adelaide and State Herbarium. Details
State Records of South Australia
- George William Francis - Records, 1869, GRG 75/1 and others; State Records of South Australia. Details
Published resources
Books
- Adelaide Botanic Gardens, The Botanic Garden, Adelaide, South Australia: centenary volume 1855 - 1955:history, guides and catalogues of plants (Adelaide: Government Printer, 1955), 412 pp. Details
- Aitken, Richard, Seeds of Change: an Illustrated History of Adelaide Botanic Garden (Richmond: Board of the Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium/Bloomings Books, 2006). Details
- Best, Barbara J., The life and works of George William Francis, 1800 - 1865: founder and first Director (Adelaide: Government Printer, 1965), 137, 16, 20 pp. Details
- Best, Barbara J., George William Francis, first Director of the Adelaide Botanic Garden: a biography (Adelaide: Botanic Gardens of Adelaide and the author, 1986), 182 pp. Details
- Best, Barbara J., A selection of articles from newspapers and magazines by George William Francis, first director of the Adelaide Botanic Garden (Adelaide: The Author, 1987). Details
- Francis, George W., Catalogue of plants under cultivation in the Government Botanic Garden, Adelaide, South Australia (Adelaide: Government Printer, 1859), 44 pp. Details
- Francis, George William, The acclimatisation of harmless, useful, interesting and ornamental animals and plants : being a paper read before the Philosophical Society, Adelaide, South Australia on May 13th, 1862 (Adelaide: Philosophical Society, 1862), 22 pp. Details
Journal Articles
- Hsiang-Fu Huang, 'From Grub Street to the Colony: George William Francis and an early Victorian scientific career', Notes and Records of the Royal Society, 76 (1) (2020), 181-208, https://doi.org/10.1098/rsnr.2020.0002. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q15994447. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/5357013. Details
- 'Francis, George William (1800-1865)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1059063. Details
See also
- Maiden, J. H., 'A century of botanical endeavour in South Australia', Report of the eleventh meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, 11 (1908), 158-199, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14539732. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 25 July 2024
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