Person
Francis, George William (1800 - 1865)
- Born
- 1800
England - Died
- 9 August 1865
- Occupation
- Botanic gardens director and Botanist
Summary
George Francis was the Director and Secretary of the new Botanic Gardens, Adelaide 1855-1865. He worked in London prior to arriving in South Australia in 1849 and was the editor of the journal "Science and Art".
Archival resources
Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science
- Australian Botanists - Biographies, MS 064; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details
Botanic Gardens of Adelaide and State Herbarium
- George William Francis - Records, 1855 - 1865, P4-1; Botanic Gardens of Adelaide and State Herbarium. Details
State Records of South Australia
- George William Francis - Records, 1869, GRG 75/1 and others; State Records of South Australia. Details
Published resources
Books
- Best, Barbara J., George William Francis first Director of the Adelaide Botanic Garden (Adelaide: Botanic Gardens of Adelaide and the author, 1986). Details
- Best, Barbara J., A selection of articles from newspapers and magazines by George William Francis, first director of the Adelaide Botanic Garden (Adelaide: The Author, 1987). Details
- Francis, George William, The acclimatisation of harmless, useful, interesting and ornamental animals and plants : being a paper read before the Philosophical Society, Adelaide, South Australia on May 13th, 1862 (Adelaide: Philosophical Society, 1862), 22 pp. Details
Journal Articles
- Hsiang-Fu Huang, 'From Grub Street to the Colony: George William Francis and an early Victorian scientific career', Notes and Records of the Royal Society, 76 (1) (2020), 181-208, https://doi.org/10.1098/rsnr.2020.0002. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q15994447. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/5357013. Details
- 'Francis, George William (1800-1865)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1059063. Details
See also
- Maiden, J. H., 'A century of botanical endeavour in South Australia', Report of the eleventh meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, 11 (1908), 158-199, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14539732. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 11 November 2021
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