Person
Brass, Leonard J. (1900 - 1971)
- Born
- 1900
- Died
- 29 August 1971
Cairns, Queensland, Australia - Occupation
- Botanical collector, Taxonomist and Explorer
Summary
Leonard Brass was a collector for several Archbold Expeditions to Papua New Guinea. He collected plant specimens for the Queensland Herbarium from the 1930s to the 1960s. His name is commemorated in Eucalyptus brassiana S.T. Blake (1977), as well as numerous species in other genera.
Details
Chronology
- 1918 - 1919
- Education - Received botanical training at Queensland Herbarium
- 1925 - 1926
- Career event - Collected specimens in Papua New Guinea for the Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University
- 1977
- Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus brassiana S.T.Blake was named for Leonard Brass.
Archival resources
Queensland Herbarium
- Leonard J. Brass - Records, 1931 - 1966; Queensland Herbarium. Details
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation 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
Journal Articles
- Deusen, H. M. Van, 'Obituary: Leonard John Brass', North Queensland Naturalist, 39 (156) (1971), 2-3. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q6525437. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/55438493. Details
- 'Brass, Leonard J. (1900-19710829)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476594. Details
Gavan McCarthy, Christine Moje
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 6 October 2023
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