Barbara Gillian Briggs AM PSM (born 1934) is one of the foremost Australian botanists. The IK lists 205 names of plants which have been published or co-published by her. She was one of the botanists in the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, of the 1998 Archived 22 August 2006 at the Wayback Machine APG system.
Barbara Gillian Briggs | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1934 (age 89–90) |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Education | University of Sydney Ph.D. 1961 |
| Awards | Clarke Medal, Public Service Medal, Member of the Order of Australia |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany |
| Institutions | Sydney Botanical Gardens |
| Thesis | Studies in the experimental taxonomy of Ranunculus and Darwinia. |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | B.G.Briggs |
Briggs was employed at the Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney from 1959. She was awarded a PhD from the University of Sydney in 1960.[1]
Briggs and Craig Anthony Atkins were co-awarded the Clarke Medal of the Royal Society of New South Wales in 1994.[2]
Briggs was awarded the Public Service Medal in 1998.[3] She was made a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours for "significant service to science and research as a botanist, to documenting Australian flora, and to professional societies".[4][5] She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales (FRSN).[6]
Since her retirement she continues as an Honorary Research Associate at the Sydney Botanical Gardens.
References
edit- ^ Fuchs, Vanessa. "Barbara Briggs: Detective botany and DNA". The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
- ^ "Briggs, Barbara Gillian (1934 - )". Encyclopedia of Australian Science. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
- ^ "Public Service Medal (PSM) entry for BRIGGS, Barbara Gillian". Australian Honours Database. Canberra, Australia: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 8 June 1998. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
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- ^ "Queen's Birthday 2018 Honours: The full list". The Sydney Morning Herald. 10 June 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ "Member of the Order of Australia (AM) entry for BRIGGS, Barbara Gillian". Australian Honours Database. Canberra, Australia: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 11 June 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
For significant service to science and research as a botanist, to documenting Australian flora, and to professional societies.
- ^ "Fellows - The Royal Society of NSW". www.royalsoc.org.au. Archived from the original on 27 September 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. B.G.Briggs.