Person

Atkinson, Henry Brune (1874 - 1960)

Born
17 March 1874
Gordon, Tasmania, Australia
Died
16 June 1960
Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation
Orchidologist

Summary

Henry Atkinson, a clergyman, was active in the classification and collection of Tasmanian orchids particularly from the 1920s. He eventually recorded 24 previously unknown species.

Details

Born Gordon, Tasmania, 17 March 1874. Died Launceston, Tasmania, 16 June 1960. Educated University of Tasmania (BA 1899). Various church positions 1901-16, rector, Holy Trinity Church, Hobart 1916-24, archdeacon of Darwin and Launceston with responsibility for all Tasmania north of Conara, the west coast and Flinders and King islands 1928-49. A childhood interest in orchids was revived in the 1920s and he began to collect and classify the Tasmanian varieties, eventually recording 24 previously unknown species. Caladenia atkinsonii Rod. was named after him.

Archival resources

Private hands (Atkinson, S.)

  • Henry Brune Atkinson - Records, 1874 - 1960; Private hands (Atkinson, S.). Details

University of Tasmania Library, Special/Rare Collection

  • Henry Brune Atkinson - Records, 1925 - 1953, A.14; University of Tasmania Library, Special/Rare Collection. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

  • Condon, Herbert H., 'Atkinson, Henry Brune (1874-1960), clergyman and orchidologist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 7: 1891 - 1939 A-Ch, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1979), pp. 120-121. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070125b.htm. Details

Resources

McCarthy, G.J.

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