Person
Hewson, Helen (1938 - 2007)
- Born
- 26 June 1938
Benalla, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 29 October 2007
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia - Occupation
- Botanical artist, Botanist and Scientific editor
Summary
Following PhD studies in the bryophyte family Aneuraceae and a number of years teaching at tertiary institutions, Helen Hewson played an integral role in the establishment and development of the Flora of Australia program of the Bureau of Flora and Fauna (later the Australian Biological Resources Study). Initially employed to establish the standards for writing flora treatments, she both wrote and edited entries for the Flora, ultimately becoming Director of the Flora Section of ABRS. Volume 28 of the Flora was dedicated to her. Her Plant indumentum (1988) was published to facilitate consistent application of terms in the descriptions of species in Flora treatments. In her taxonomic research Hewson described one new family, two new genera and many other taxa. She was an accomplished botanical artist, her illustrations being used in many of her publications. Several mosses and other plants were named in her honour.
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Chronology
- 1967
- Education - BSc, University of Sydney
- 1981 - 1991
- Career position - Editor and Flora writer, Bureau of Flora and Fauna
- 1985
- Education - BA, Canberra College of Education
- 1991 - 1995
- Career position - Director, Flora Section, Australian Biological Resources Study
- 1995 - 1997
- Career position - Director Botany, Australian National Botanic Gardens and Deputy Director, Plant Biodiversity Centre Research
- 1997
- Life event - Retired
Published resources
Books
- Hewson, Helen, Australia: 300 Years of Botanical Illustration (Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 1999), 228 pp. Details
- Hewson, Helen J., Brunonia Australis: Robert Brown and his Contribution to the Botany of Victoria (Canberra: Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, 2002), 51 pp. Details
- Rowan, Ellis, Flower paintings of Ellis Rowan: from the collection of the National Library of Australia, with an introduction by Margaret Hazzard and notes on the flowers by Helen Hewson (Canberra: National Library of Australia, 1982), 20 pp. Details
Journal Articles
- Hewson, Helen, 'Justice for Justice Barron Field', Telopea, 11 (1) (2005), 95-8. Details
- Wilson, Annette, 'Vale Helen Hewson 1938-2007', Australian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter, 133 (2007), 37-41. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21515774. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/7566901. Details
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Last modified: 13 January 2022