Biographical entry Bailey, Frederick Manson (1827 - 1915)

Summary

Frederick Manson Bailey was the Colonial Botanist in Queensland 1881-1915 having been earlier appointed by the Queensland Government as botanist to inquire into the causes of diseases affecting livestock and plants. His son was John Frederick Bailey and his grandson was Cyril Tenison White.

Details

After arriving in Adelaide in 1839, Frederick Manson Bailey partnered his father and brother in a nursery at Hackney, near Adelaide. He then made a short visit to the Bendigo goldfields. Bailey eventually moved to Queensland where he set up his own seed supply store and plant collection business. He soon gain respect as a botanist, obtaining many distinguished career positions. Frederick Bailey's name was given to more than 50 species of plants.

Events

1839

Life event - Arrived in Australia (Adelaide)

1858 - 1861

Career position - Land holder in the Hutt Valley area of New Zealand

1861 - 1875

Career position - Seed store owner and plant exporter in Brisbane

1875 - 1879

Career position - Botanist on the Queensland Government board to inquire into the causes of diseases affecting livestock and plants

1880 - 1882

Career position - Acting Curator at the Queensland museum

1881 - 1915

Career position - Colonial Botanist in Queensland

1890

Career position - President of the Royal Society of Queensland

1902

Award - Clarke Medal received from the Royal Society of New South Wales

1911

Career position - President of the biology section of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science

1911

Award - Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)

Related entries

Archival resources

Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales

• Frederick Manson Bailey - Records, 1876 - 1896; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

National Herbarium, Melbourne

• Ferdinand Jakob Heinrich von Mueller - Records, 1888 - 1889, MSS M31; National Herbarium, Melbourne. Details
• Frederick Manson Bailey - Records, 1875 - 1889, MSS M5; National Herbarium, Melbourne. Details

Queensland Herbarium

• Frederick Manson Bailey - Records, 1887 - 1915; Queensland Herbarium. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Marks, E. N., 'Bailey, Frederick Manson (1827-1915), colonial botanist', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 3, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1969, pp. 73-74. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A030074b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Bailey, F. M., 'Medicinal Plants of Queensland', The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, vol. 5, Linnean Society of New South Wales, Sydney, 1880, pp. 1-29. Details
• Bailey, F. M., 'A Concise History of Australian Botany', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, vol. 8, 1891, pp. xvii-xli. Details
• Clements, Gail, 'Colonial Science: F.M. Bailey and the Proposed Supplement to Flora Australiensis', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 12, no. 2, 1998, pp. 149-162. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9981220149.htm. Details
• Johnston, T. Harvey, 'Frederick Manson Bailey, CMG, FLS Presidential Address', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, vol. 28, 1916, pp. 3-10. Details
• Maiden, J.H., 'Records of Australian Botanists', Journal and Proceedings of The Royal Society of New South Wales, vol. lv, 1921, pp. 60-132; 150-169. Details
• White, C. T., 'The Bailey Family and its Place in the Botanical History of Australia', The Journal of the Historical Society of Queensland, vol. 3, 1944, pp. 362-383. Details
• White, C.T., 'F.M. Bailey: His Life and Work', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, vol. lxi, 1950, pp. 105-114. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Bailey, F Manson', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-612144. Details