Person
Simmonds, Joseph Henry (1845 - 1936)
Reverend
Eucalyptus globulus subsp.bicostata (Maiden, Blakely & Simmonds) J.B.Kirkp (1974), Southern Blue Gum, detail of bark, 23 January 2013
Details
- Born
- 1845
Nelson, New Zealand - Died
- 30 June 1936
Auckland, New Zealand - Occupation
- Botanical collector and Minister of religion
Summary
Joseph Simmonds was a Minister of the Wesleyan Methodist church. He took an interest in trees and forestry and published Trees from other lands for shelter and timber in New Zealand - Eucalypts in 1927. He corresponded with Joseph Maiden and studied and collected plant specimens in Tasmania.
Details
Chronology
- 1869
- Career event - Accepted as a Minister of the Wesleyan Methodist church
- 1871 - 1873
- Career position - Church minister in Fiji
- 1895
- Career event - Elected president of the Methodist Conference in New Zealand
- 1896 - 1911
- Career position - Governor of Trinity Methodist Theological College and member of the Auckland University College Council
- 1896 - 1923
- Career position - Principal of Wesley Training College
- 1922
- Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus simmondsii Maiden was named for Simmonds, who collected the type
- 1923
- Life event - Retired from his positions
- 1927
- Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus globulus subsp.bicostata Maiden, Blakely & Simmonds
- 1927
- Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus biangularis Simmonds
- 1927
- Life event - Published Trees from other lands for shelter and timber in New Zealand - Eucalypts
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
Books
- Simmonds, Joseph Henry, Trees from other lands for shelter and timber in New Zealand: eucalypts (Auckland, New Zealand: Brett Publishing, 1927), 164 pp. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21608912. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/254856626. Details
- 'Simmonds, Joseph Henry (1845-19360630)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1540506. Details
Digital resources
- Title
- Eucalyptus globulus subsp.bicostata (Maiden, Blakely & Simmonds) J.B.Kirkp (1974), Southern Blue Gum, detail of leaves
- Type
- Image
- Date
- 23 January 2013
- Place
- Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
- Title
- Eucalyptus globulus subsp.bicostata (Maiden, Blakely & Simmonds) J.B.Kirkp (1974), Southern Blue Gum, detail of bark
- Type
- Image
- Date
- 23 January 2013
- Place
- Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
- Title
- Eucalyptus globulus subsp.bicostata (Maiden, Blakely & Simmonds) J.B.Kirkp (1974), Southern Blue Gum
- Type
- Image
- Date
- 23 January 2013
- Place
- Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
Christine Moje
Created: 29 January 2013, Last modified: 7 April 2022
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