Person

Tisdall, Henry Thomas Normanton (1836 - 1905)

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Born
18 January 1836
Waterford, Ireland
Died
10 July 1905
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Botanist and Teacher

Summary

Henry Tisdall was a teacher with the Victorian Department of Education who, for 18 years from 1868, resided in the Walhalla district (Gippsland, Victoria). During this period (and afterwards) he was made extensive field trips throughout the area, becoming exceptionally knowledgeable about the local flora. Encouraged by the Victorian Government Botanist, Ferdinand von Mueller, Tisdall turned his attention to fungi and in this became similarly expert. In 1886 he transferred to the Albert Park school in Melbourne. At this time his interests widened to include algae. Resigning from the Department in 1894, he became lecturer in botany at the Training Institute for School Teachers and the veterinary college. Tisdall was a member of the Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria almost from its inception, serving as President and publishing extensively in its journal, the Victorian naturalist. His collection of Victorian plants, 25 volumes of mounted and annotated specimens, is in the National Herbarium of Victoria, as is a collection of his fungal paintings.

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Chronology

1858
Life event - Migrated to Victoria
1868 - 1886
Career event - Teacher in Wahalla district, Gippsland, Victoria
1881 - 1905
Career position - Member, Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria
1883 - 1890
Award - Fellow, Linnean Society of London
1886 - 1894
Career position - Teacher, Albert Park school, Melbourne
1893 - 1895
Career position - President, Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria
1894
Career event - Appointed Lecturer in botany, Training Institute for School Teachers

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Journal Articles

  • Anon, 'The late Mr H. T. Tisdall', The Victorian naturalist, 22 (1905), 56-8. Details
  • Tisdall, H. T., 'Fungi of the country east of Mt Baw Baw', The Victorian naturalist, 1 (1885), 169-72. Details
  • Tisdall, H. T., 'Under eastern Baw Baw: a botanical trip in the Gippsland mountains', The Victorian naturalist, 13 (1896), 93-7. Details
  • Tisdall, H. T., 'A botanical peep into the rocky pools of Sorrento and Queenscliff', The Victorian naturalist, 14 (1897), 7-11, 86-91. Details
  • Tisdall, H. T., 'The algae of Victoria', Report of the seventh meetings of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, 7 (1898), 493-516, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15378481. Details

See also

Helen Cohn

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