Talk:Nancy Tyson Burbidge

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Nice work, Peta.

Below is her entry in Hall (1978). I notice there is a couple of minor points mentioned here but not mentioned in the Wikipedia article. You might like to consider whether they merit inclusion.

BURBIDGE, Nancy Tyson (1912-1977)
D.Sc.

Nancy Burbidge was born in Yorkshire, England, on 5 August 1912 and died in Canberra, A.C.T., on 4 March 1977. The family migrated to Western Australia shortly after her birth, where she was educated, graduating in science at the University of Western Australia. Her father was, at one time, Archdeacon of Bunbury. After experience in the field she joined the Waite Agricultural Research Institute, Adelaide, to study arid areas, and became an acknowledged authority on several grass genera. Later she worked on the taxonomy of Australian plants at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England. She joined the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in 1946 and was Senior Principal Research Scientist and Curator of the Herbarium Australiense until 1973 when she retired from the position of Curator but continued to work for the Australian Flora.

Dr. Burbidge was an authority on the Australian flora. She wrote Key to the South Australian species of Eucalyptus L'Herit. in Trans. Roy. Soc. S.A. 71(2) (1947) but had not specialised on the genus. Her more important publications include A Dictionary of Australian Plant Genera (1963) and, with Max Gray, Flora of the Australian Capital Territory (1963) and Wattles of the Australian Capital Territory (1967). In addition to her position as one of Australia's leading botanists she was also a botanical artist of considerable merit.

  • Hall, Norman (1978). Botanists of the Eucalypts. Australia: CSIRO. ISBN 0643002715..

Snottygobble 12:26, 26 July 2006 (UTC)Reply

Plants?

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The article list places named for her, but what about plants? Where any dedicated to her? Circeus 00:45, 27 July 2006 (UTC)Reply

Candidates are:
  • Ptilotus spicatus subsp. burbidgeanus Benl
  • Sclerolaena burbidgeae (Ising) A.J.Scott
  • Bulbostylis burbidgeae K.L.Wilson
  • Acacia burbidgeae Pedley
  • Boerhavia burbidgeana Hewson
  • Aristida burbidgeae B.K.Simon
  • Nicotiana burbidgeae Symon
which I got from searching for "burbi*" in the APNI. Florabase further yields
  • Triodia burbidgeana S.W.L.Jacobs
  • Stylidium burbidgeanum Lowrie & Kenneally
It seems pretty obvious that these are named in Burbidge's honour, but I don't know how to confirm this.
Also, Burbidge's botanical abbreviation is N.T.Burb.
Snottygobble 01:44, 27 July 2006 (UTC)Reply
  • Well, that probably explain why all the references for burbidgei (and genus Burbiggea) traces into the 19th century. Wonder who these were about... Circeus 02:43, 27 July 2006 (UTC)Reply
    • Good point. IPNI lists four botanists with surname "Burbidge:
      1. A.H.Burb. - Allan H. Burbidge fl. 1999
      2. Burb. - Frederick William Thomas Burbidge 1847-1905
      3. N.T.Burb. - Nancy Tyson Burbidge 1912-1977
      4. R.B.Burb. - Robert Brinsley Burbidge 1943-
Snottygobble 03:06, 27 July 2006 (UTC)Reply
Lookie! Frederick William Burbidge has an article and this guy might be Allan H. Burbridge (wrote about triggerplants). Circeus 04:49, 27 July 2006 (UTC)Reply

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