Biographical entry Scott, George Anderson Macdonald (1933 - 1998)

Summary

George Anderson M. Scott was Reader in Botany at Monash University and a master of Queen's College at the University of Melbourne. His main area of expertise was the plant group known as Bryophytes, which includes mosses and liverworts. Scott donated his highly prized specimen collections to the National Herbarium in Melbourne. He also made major contributions to the general field of botany and was a member of the Linnean Society.

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1959

Education - Graduated with a gold medal in Botany at the University of Glasgow, Scotland

1961

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at University College of North Wales

1961 - 1962

Career position - Assistant Lecturer in Botany at the University of Otago, New Zealand

1962 - 1969

Career position - Lecturer then Senior Lecturer (1969) in Botany at the University of Otago

1970 - 1973

Career position - Senior Research Fellow at Monash University in Clayton, Victoria

1973 - 1983

Career position - Senior Lecturer in Botany at Monash University

1976

Career position - Moses of Southern Australia (co-authored with I. Stone) published

1976

Career position - Research Fellow of Corpus Christi, Cambridge, UK

1978

Career position - Member of the Bryophyte Committee of the International Association for Plant Taxonomy

1983

Career position - Research Fellow of Corpus Christi, Cambridge

1984 - 1986

Career position - Reader in Botany at Monash University

1985

Career position - The South Australian Liverworts published

1986 - 1992

Career position - Master of Queen's College at the University of Melbourne

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Online Resources

• 'Scott, George Anderson Macdonald (1933-1998)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1474889. Details