Biographical entry Carr, Denis John (1915 - 2008)

Summary

Denis John Carr was a professor in the Department of Developmental Biology, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University from 1968. He and his wife Maisie were noted for their work in the Alpine regions of New South Wales and Victoria. They named several plant species including the bloodwood Eucalyptus dampieri in 1987. Denis Carr obtained his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from the University of Manchester in the UK.

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Events

1958 - 1960

Career position - Reader of Botany at the University of Melbourne

1960 - 1967

Career position - Professor of Botany at Queen's University in Belfast

1968 - 1980

Career position - Professor of Developmental Biology at the Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University in Canberra

1980

Retirement

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Published resources

Book Sections

• Carr, D. J., 'The Contribution of Women to Australian Botany', in D. J. Carr and S. G. M. Carr (eds), People and Plants in Australia, Academic Press, Sydney, 1981, p. 416. Details
• Dield, L (translated by D. J. Carr), 'Extra Tropical Western Australia', in D. J. Carr abd S. G. M. Carr (ed.), People and Plants in Australia, Academic Press, Sydney, 1980. Details

Edited Books

• Carr, D. J.; Carr, S. G. M. (ed.), Plants and Man in Australia, Academic Press, Sydney, 1981. Details
• Carr, D. J.; Carr, S.G.M. (ed.), People and Plants in Australia, Academic Press, Sydney, 1981. Details

Journal Articles

• Carr, D. J., 'Obituary: Stella Grace Carr (1912-88)', Australasian Systematic Botany Newsletter, vol. 58, 1989, pp. 21-27. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Carr, D J', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-616210. Details

See also

• Ashton, D. H.; Ducker, S. C., 'John Stewart Turner 1908-1991', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 9, no. 3, 1993, pp. 278-290. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9930930278.htm. Details