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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy; Christine Moje; and N. G. Walsh updated 2025-10-14 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000080b.htm person Brown John Ednie FLS FRGS FRHortS AACR2 1848 26 October 1899 Place of Birth Scotland Place of Death Cottesloe, Western Australia, Australia Forester Botanist John Brown worked for government forestry institutions in New South Wales, South Australia and Western Australia. In 1882 his book The forest flora of South Australia was published. Botanical illustrator Rosa Fiveash worked with lithographer H. Barrett to illustrate this work (1882-1890).

Assistant agent and forester, Invercauld estate, Aberdeenshire; laid out plantations and managed estates, Yorkshire and Sussex.

1864 1866 Career position - Nursery and Forest management, apprenticed to his father's forestry business, Scotland and England 1866 1871 Career position - Assitant Agent, Forester, and Estate Manager, United Kingdom 1871 1872 Career position - Forester, United States of America and Canada 1878 1882 Career position - Conservator of Forests, South Australian Forests Board 1882 1882 Publication - "The forest flora of South Australia", published in Adelaide 1883 1883 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus leucoxylon var. pauperita J.E.Br. 1883 1883 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus leucoxylon var. macrocarpa J.E.Br. 1883 1890 Career position - Conservator of Forests, South Australian Woods and Forests Department 1888 Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1888 1888 Career event - Fellow, Linnean Society, London (FLS) 1890 1890 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus lansdowneana F.Muell. & J.E.Br. 1890 1894 Career position - Director-General of Forests, New South Wales Forest Conservancy Branch 1895 1895 Career position - Examiner of Forests, Western Australian Bureau of Agriculture 1896 c. 1899 Career position - Conservator, Western Australian Wood and Forests Department New South Wales Forest Conservancy Branch, Colony and State of New South Wales (1882 - 1900s)

Director General 1890 - 1894.

 Western Australian Wood and Forests Department, Colony and State of Western Australia (1896 - 1919)

Conservator 1896 - 1899.

 Western Australian Bureau of Agriculture, Colony of Western Australia (1894 - 1898)

Conducted an examination of forests for the Bureau in 1895.

 South Australian Woods and Forests Department, Colony and State of South Australia (1883 - 1992)

Conservator 1883 - 1890

 South Australian Forest Board, Colony of South Australia (1875 - 1882)

Conservator 1878 - 1882

 Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science (1888 - 1930)

Original [founding] member 1888 -

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 Brown, J E (1848-18991026)

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 'Brown, John Ednie', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Brown, John Ednie Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Brown, John Ednie (1848-1899), sylviculturist Refshauge, Richard Brown, John Ednie (1848-1899), sylviculturist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1969 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 3: 1851 - 1890 A-C Douglas Pike 261-262 Book: The forest flora of South Australia Brown, John Ednie The forest flora of South Australia Adelaide Government Printer 1882 Conference Paper: The lives of forty South Australian foresters Dargavel, John The lives of forty South Australian foresters Canberra Australian Forest History Society 2016 Australia's Ever-changing Forests VII: Proceedings of the Ninth National Conference of the Australian Forest History Society Inc Feary, Sue and Robinson, Rob 14 Journal Article: A century of botanical endeavour in South Australia Maiden, J. H. A century of botanical endeavour in South Australia Adelaide Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1908 Report of the eleventh meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science Walter Howchin 11 158-199 Book: Botanists of the Eucalypts: short biographies of people who have named eucalypts, whose names have been given to species or who have collected type material Hall, Norman Botanists of the Eucalypts: short biographies of people who have named eucalypts, whose names have been given to species or who have collected type material Melbourne CSIRO 1978

Source used to compile entry

 Australian Botanists - Biographies Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science Australian Botanists - Biographies MS 064 Hunt Institute Biographies. Short biographies, averaging 2 pages, of Australian botanists, botanical collectors or artists. 0.24 m, 3 boxes