Biographical entry Lawrence, Robert (1807 - 1833)

Summary

Robert Lawrence worked as a botanical collector in Tasmania, particularly the north of the state. A large number of his specimens were sent to Sir William Hooker. He was also an associate of Ronald Campbell Gunn and is responsible for introducing Gunn and Hooker.

Details

Events

1847

Taxonomy event - Description of Eucalyptus coccifera Hook. f. (1847), Lawrence was the collector of a syntype

Archival resources

Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Community History Collection

• Robert Lawrence - Records, 1807 - 1833; Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Community History Collection. Details

Published resources

Books

• Hall, Norman, Botanists of the Eucalypts : short biographies of people who have named eucalypts, whose names have been given to species or who have collected type material, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Melbourne, 1978, 101 pp. Details

Journal Articles

• Maiden, J.H., 'Records of Tasmanian Botanists', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 1909, pp. 9-29. Details

Online Resources

• 'Lawrence, Robert', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1473399. Details