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Biographical entry St John, Percival Reginald Harry (1872 - 1944)

Born
11 May 1872
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died
12 August 1944
Occupation
Botanist and Botanical illustrator

Summary

Percival Reginald H. St John worked at the Melbourne Botanic Gardens from the age of 11 until his retirement in 1938 by which time he had graduated from Head Gardener to Classifier and was in charge of the Economic Museum.

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Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

  • Australian Botanists - Biographies, MS 64; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

Published resources

Journal Articles

  • Fletcher, R.J., 'Mount Buffalo and Percival R.H. St. John', Victorian Naturalist, vol. 115, no. 5, 1998, pp. 192-200. Details

Online Resources

  • National Library of Australia, 'St John Percival Reginald Harry', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476954. Details

McCarthy, G.J.

Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 15 September 2004