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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2025-11-07 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000191b.htm person Woolls William AACR2 30 March 1814 14 March 1893 Place of Birth Winchester, Hampshire, England Place of Death Burwood, New South Wales, Australia Botanist Educator William Woolls was an educationist who wrote on the flora and fauna of New South Wales. He taught at The Kings School and Sydney College before setting up his own school in Parramatta in 1841. 1891 1892 Career position - Member of Council, Linnean Society of New South Wales 1900 1900 Taxonomy event - Honoured with Eucalyptus woollsiana R.T.Baker 1917 1917 Taxonomy event - Collector of the type Eucalyptus beyeri R.T.Baker Cambage, Richard Hind (1859 - 1928) Linnean Society of New South Wales (1874 - )

Member of Council 1891 - 1892

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 'Woolls, William', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Woolls, William Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Woolls, William (1814-1893), Church of England clergyman, schoolmaster and botanist Cable, K. J. Woolls, William (1814-1893), Church of England clergyman, schoolmaster and botanist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1976 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 6: 1851 - 1890 R - Z Bede Nairn 437-438 Book: William Woolls: a Man of Parramatta Thompson, M. M. H. William Woolls: a Man of Parramatta Sydney Hale and Iremonger 1986 Book: William Woolls, 1814-1893: 'a Most Useful Colonist' Gilbert, Lionel William Woolls, 1814-1893: 'a Most Useful Colonist' Canberra Mulini Press 1985 Journal Article: Specimens of plants collected at King George's Sound by the Rev. R. Collie, F.L.S. Woolls, Specimens of plants collected at King George's Sound by the Rev. R. Collie, F.L.S. 1892 Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, series 2 4 2 317-24 Book: In Memory of R. D. FitzGerald Woolls, W. In Memory of R. D. FitzGerald Sydney 1892 Journal Article: The scientists and Darwin's The origin of species in nineteenth century Australia: a re-evaluation Moyal, Ann: with Robert E. Marks The scientists and Darwin's <span style="font-style:italic">The origin of species</span> in nineteenth century Australia: a re-evaluation 2019 Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 152 1 5-26 Book: Dictionary of Australian biography Serle, Percival Dictionary of Australian biography Sydney Angus & Robertson 1949 Journal Article: Records of Australian botanists:- (a) general; (b) New South Wales Maiden, J. H. Records of Australian botanists:- (a) general; (b) New South Wales 1908 Journal and Proceedings of The Royal Society of New South Wales 42 60-132 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

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 William Wools - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales William Wools - Records P2/W Portrait, enlarged copy of a photograph by Appleby in the records of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Artwork William Woolls - Records National Herbarium, Melbourne William Woolls - Records MSS M46 1871 - 1889 Letters 1871-89 by Woolls in Richmond and Burwood, NSW, to F. Mueller about New South Wales plants and their identification, some with accompanying notes and some with annotations relating the letters to Herbarium specimens. William Woolls - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales William Woolls - Records 1872 - 1890 A poem 1872; 4 letters 1873-90. 5 items William Woolls - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales William Woolls - Records ML MSS 873 1885 'The plants of New South Wales' 1885, on loan from the Field Naturalists' Society of New South Wales from May 1924. 1 box Woolls, William, 1814-1893 Powerhouse Museum Woolls, William, 1814-1893 MRS 4, MRS 202 1886 - 1892 Correspondence between Woolls and the Museum's Curator, J.H. Maiden. 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 Angus & Robertson - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Angus & Robertson - Records ML MSS 314 1824 - 1933 Includes correspondence, manuscripts, readers reports, cuttings, agreements and publishing papers. 12 m, 39 boxes, 123 volumes H. Parkes - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales H. Parkes - Records A925 H. Parkes letters. Includes correspondence with Andrew Ross, John Stewart, Alfred Roberts, John Smith, Charles Alfred Topp, Ferdinand Mueller, William Woolls and Edmond Marin la Meslee. Edward Pearson Ramsay - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Edward Pearson Ramsay - Records ML MSS 563 1860 - 1912 Correspondence and miscellaneous papers 1860-1912, containing letters dealing with natural history received from scientific colleagues, including, W.T. Denison, W. Woolls, W.B. Clarke, S. Diggles, A.W. Scott and his daughters Harriett and Helena, C. French (senior), K.H. Bennett, J. MacGillivray, G.W. Barnard, W.E. Armit, K. Broadbent, J.T. Cockerell, J. Rainbird, R. Grant, T.A. Gulliver, S. White, J.F. Wilcox, Count Castlenau [Laporte, François] and F. Mueller. 7 volumes