Person
Court, Arthur Bertram (1927 - 2012)
- Born
- 25 December 1927
- Died
- 18 May 2012
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia - Occupation
- Botanist
Summary
Arthur Court was a botanist known for his research on the genus Acaciain which he attempted to modernise the classification that had stood for nearly 100 years. He made collecting trips throughout Victoria and South Australia and successfully recruited people in remote areas to collect for him. He assisted Jim Willis in the preparation of A handbook of plants in Victoria volume II: dicotyledons by undertaking the preparatory nomenclatural work and writing the account of Mimosaceae. After 20 years at the National Herbarium of Victoria Court moved to Canberra, ultimately becoming Assistant Director of the National Collections at the Canberra Botanic Gardens. Court was Australian Botanical Liaison Officer at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew from 1966 to 1967, and Editor of The Victorian naturalist 1957 to 1958.
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Chronology
- 1954 - 1964
- Career position - Assistant Botanist, National Herbarium of Victoria
- 1957 - 1958
- Career position - Editor, Victorian naturalist
- 1964 - 1965
- Career position - Botanist, National Herbarium of Victoria
- 1965 - 1974
- Career position - Senior Botanist, National Herbarium of Victoria
- 1966 - 1967
- Career position - Australian Botanical Liaison Officer, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- 1974 - 1983
- Career position - Curator of the Herbarium, Canberra Botanic Gardens
- 1983 - 1989
- Career position - Assistant Director, National Collections, Australian National Botanic Gardens
- 1989
- Life event - Retired
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Published resources
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21388029. Details
See also
- Fagg, Murray, 'Court, Arthur Bertram (1927 - 2012)', Australian Plant Collectors and Illustrators, Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria (CHAH), 2010, http://www.anbg.gov.au/biography/court-arthur-bertram.html. Details
Helen Cohn
Created: 12 March 2019