Person
Simon, Bryan Kenneth (1943 - 2015)
- Born
- 1943
Witbank, South Africa - Died
- 3 January 2015
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - Occupation
- Botanist
Summary
Bryan Simon was a taxonomist and systematist who specialised in the grass family, Poaceae, particularly the genera Aristida, Sacciolepis and Sporobolus. After nine years working as a systematic botanist at the National Herbarium of Rhodesia, he moved to Queensland in 1974 where he spent the next 39 years at the Queensland Herbarium. He published prolifically on Australian grasses, particularly for the Flora of Australia and produced two editions of the Key to Australian grasses. Simon was a leader in the creation of electronic resources for grass specialists worldwide, notably AusGrass and Grass world. He collected widely across Australia and internationally: His principal collections are lodged with the Queensland Herbarium.
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Chronology
- 1964
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University College of Rhodesia
- 1965 - 1974
- Career position - Systematic Botanist, National Herbarium of Rhodesia
- 1971
- Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Reading, U.K
- 1974
- Life event - Migrated to Queensland
- 1974 - 1978
- Career position - Botanist, Queensland Herbarium
- 1978 - 1992
- Career position - Principal Botanist, Queensland Herbarium
- 1992 - 2012
- Career position - Senior Principal Botanist, Queensland Herbarium
- 2012
- Career position - Senior Fellow, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, University of Queensland
- 2012
- Career position - Research Associate, Queensland Institute of Technology
- 2012
- Career position - Research Associate, Queensland Herbarium
- 2012
- Life event - Retired
Related entries
Published resources
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
- Simon, Bryan, 'Retirement of Bob Johnson', Australian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter, 65 (1990), 25-7. Details
- Simon, Bryan, 'Retirement of Rod Henderson of the Queensland Herbarium', Australian Systematic Botany Society newsletter, 113 (2002), 20-5. Details
- Snow, Neil, 'In memory of Bryan K. Simon: friend and colleague', Australasian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter, 161 (2014), 50-1. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5734662. Details
- 'Simon, B K (1943-20150103)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-475146. Details
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Last modified: 20 April 2016