Person

Collie, Robert (1839 - 1892)

FLS

Born
1839
Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Died
18 April 1892
Newtown, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Botanical collector and Minister of religion

Summary

Robert Collie was a Presbyterian Minister and botanical collector living and working in Sydney New South Wales between 1876 and 1892. Robert Collie had a particular interest in the way bushfires dispersed plant species. He bequeathed his collection of books and herbarium to the New South Wales Linnean Society.

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Chronology

1876
Life event - Migrated to New South Wales
1876 - 1892
Career position - Incumbent Presbyterian minister, Newton, Sydney
1888 -
Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science
1888 - 1892
Award - Fellow, Linnean Society of London (FLS)

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Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

  • Australian Botanists - Biographies, MS 064; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

National Library of Australia

  • [Biographical cuttings on Rev. Robert Collie, Presbyterian Minister and Botanist, containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journals], 1831136; National Library of Australia. Details

Published resources

Books

  • Desmond, Ray, Dictionary of British and Irish Botanists and Horticulturists including plant collectors and botanical artists (London, England: Taylor & Francis, 1977). Details

Journal Articles

  • Collie, Robert, 'The influence of bush fires in the distribution of species', Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 21 (1887), 103-7. Details
  • Woolls,, 'Specimens of plants collected at King George's Sound by the Rev. R. Collie, F.L.S.', Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, series 2, 4 (2) (1892), 317-24. Details

Newspaper Articles

See also

  • Fagg, Murray, 'Collie, Robert (1839 - 1892)', Australian Plant Collectors and Illustrators, Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria (CHAH), 2010, https://www.cpbr.gov.au/biography/collie-robert.html. Details
  • Maiden, J. H., 'Records of Australian botanists:- (a) general; (b) New South Wales', Journal and Proceedings of The Royal Society of New South Wales, 42 (1908), 60-132. Details

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