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Biographical entry Rodway, Leonard (1853 - 1936)
- Born
- 5 October 1853
Torquay, Devon, England - Died
- 9 March 1936
Kingston, Tasmania, Australia - Occupation
- Botanist and Dentist
Summary
Leonard Rodway was honorary government botanist of Tasmania 1896-1932. He produced a major comprehensive study of Tasmanian botany entitled "The Tasmanian flora" (Hobart, 1903) and lectured at the University of Tasmania 1923-1929.
Details
Events
- 1893
- Taxonomy event - Description of eucalyptus perriniana F. Muell. ex Rodway (1893)
- 1912
- Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus rodwayi R. T. Bak. & H. G. Sm. (1912) was named in his honour
Related entries
Archival resources
Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science
- Australian Botanists - Biographies, MS 064; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details
National Herbarium, Melbourne
- Leonard Rodway - Records, 1891 - 1894, MSS M17; National Herbarium, Melbourne. Details
Royal Society of Tasmania
- Leonard Rodway - Records, 1896 - 1907, Ms 22; Royal Society of Tasmania. Details
Published resources
Book Sections
- Ellias, Ann, 'Rodway, Leonard (1853-1936), Botanist and Dentist', in Geoffrey Serle (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 11, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1988, pp. 436-437. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110443b.htm. Details
Online Resources
- 'Rodway, Leonard', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-503307. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 13 July 2012
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