Person
Johnson, Robert William (Bob) (1930 - 2012)
- Born
- 27 July 1930
Newmarket, Queensland, Australia - Died
- 13 August 2012
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - Occupation
- Botanist
Summary
Bob Johnson was Director of the Queensland Herbarium from 1976 to 1990. After joining the staff of the Queensland Botany Branch (later the Herbarium) in 1953 where he embarked on an ecological survey of brigalow lands. He surveyed the brigalow scrub in all parts of Queensland and was instrumental in developing land management programs for control and the prevention of regrowth of brigalow. He continued to monitor a transect for 46 years. His taxonomic research covered a number of groups, particularly the family Convolvulaceae. Johnson played a major role in databasing the Queensland Herbarium's specimen records, one of the first herbaria in the world to do so. He was active in the wider scientific community, serving as office bearer for the Ecological Society of Australia, the Royal Society of Queensland, the Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies and other organisations. A number of species were named in his honour.
Details
Chronology
- 1948
- Career position - Cadet, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock
- 1953
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Queensland
- 1953 - 1962
- Career position - Botanist, Botany Branch, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock
- 1962 - 1970
- Career position - Officer-in-Charge, Brigalow Research Station, Queensland Department of Primary Industry
- 1974
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Utah State University
- 1974 - 1976
- Career position - Assistant Director, Botany Branch and Queensland Herbarium, Queensland Department of Primary Industry
- 1976 - 1990
- Career position - Director, Botany Branch and Queensland Herbarium, Queensland Department of Primary Industry
- 1981 - 1982
- Career position - President, Royal Society of Queensland
- 1984 - 1990
- Career position - Officer-in-Charge, Agricultural Research Laboratories, Queensland Department of Primary Industries
- 1985 - 1986
- Career position - President, Ecological Society of Australia
- 1986 - 1989
- Career position - Board Member, Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies
Related entries
Archival resources
Queensland Herbarium
- Robert W. Johnson - Records, 1976 - 1990; Queensland Herbarium. Details
Published resources
Book Sections
- Johnson, R. W., 'Everist, Selwyn Lawrence (1913-1981), Botanist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 17: 1981 - 1990 A-K, Diane Langmore, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2007), pp. 369-370. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/everist-selwyn-lawrence-12470. Details
Journal Articles
- Guymer, Gordon and Simon, Bryan, 'Obituary of Robert William (Bob) Johnson 1930 - 2012', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 121 (2016), 97-9. Details
- Johnson, R. W., 'Obituary: Selwyn Lawrence Everist 1913 - 1981', Australian weeds, 1 (2) (1981), 42. Details
- Johnson, R. W., 'Selwyn Lawrence Everist', Queensland naturalist, 24 (1983), 68-70. Details
- Johnson, R. W., 'The Queensland flora and its collection 94:1-18', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 94 (1983), 1-18. Details
- Simon, Bryan, 'Retirement of Bob Johnson', Australian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter, 65 (1990), 25-7. Details
- Simon, Bryan and Guymer, Gordon, 'Robert William (Bob) Johnson (1930-2012)', Australasian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter, 154 (2013), 21-7. Details
Resources
- 'Johnson, Robert William (1930-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1473226. Details
Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 6 October 2023
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