Person

Tindale, Mary Douglas (1920 - 2011)

Born
19 September 1920
Randwick, New South Wales, Australia
Died
31 March 2011
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Taxonomic botanist

Summary

Mary Tindale was a taxonomic botanist widely recognised as an authority on Acacia, Australian species of Glycine (Fabaceae), and ferns. She wrote large parts of the Acacia section of the Flora of Australia. Much of her work on Glycine was done in association with CSIRO. From 1949 to 1951 Tindale was Australian Botanical Liaison Office at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: her main study during this period was the Australian fern collections in British and European herbaria. For 40 years she was a member of the Special Committee for Pteridophytes of the International Bureau of Plant Taxonomy and Nomenclature. Tindale joined the National Herbarium of New South Wales in 1944, retiring as Principal Research Scientist in 1983. During this long career at the Herbarium she made major contributions to the Flora of the Sydney region and served as Editor of several of the Herbarium's journals, including Telopea and Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium. In retirement Tindale continued her association with the Herbarium for many years as an Honorary Associate.

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Chronology

1944
Career event - Appointed Assistant Botanist, National Herbarium of New South Wales
1948
Award - Linnean Macleay Fellowship (Botany), for study at the University of Sydney
1949 - 1951
Career position - Australian Botanical Liaison Officer, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
1964
Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Sydney
1965 - 2005
Career position - Member, Special Committee for Pteridophytes, International Bureau of Plant Taxonomy and Nomenclature
1968 - 1984
Career position - Editor, Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium
1969 - 1983
Career position - Senior Research Scientist (later Principal Research Scientist), National Herbarium of New South Wales
1983 -
Career position - Honorary Research Associate, National Herbarium of New South Wales
1983
Life event - Retired

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Journal Articles

  • Farrant, Penny, 'Mary Tindale 1920-2011', Australian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter, 146 (2011), 15-7. Details

Newspaper Articles

  • 'Fern expert aided advance of botany: Mary Tindale, 1920 - 2011', Sydney Morning Herald (2011). Details

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Helen Cohn

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