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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy updated 2025-05-29 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000421b.htm person Francis William Douglas AACR2 6 March 1889 2 January 1959 Place of Birth Bega, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Kangaroo Point, Queensland, Australia Botanist William Francis was a member of the botanical staff at the Queensland Herbarium for 34 years from 1920 to 1954. He was Queensland Government Botanist from 1950, succeeding C.T. White, until his retirement in 1954. Francis is known for his 1929 work Australian Rainforest Trees which he wrote and illustrated with his own photographs. Queensland Herbarium (1855 - ) 1920 1954

William Francis worked at the Queensland Herbarium between 1920 and 1954.

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 Francis, W D (1892-19590102)

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 'Francis, William Douglas', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Francis, William Douglas Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: Australian rain-forest trees: excluding the species confined to the tropics Francis, William Douglas Australian rain-forest trees: excluding the species confined to the tropics Brisbane, Queensland Queensland Government 1929 Journal Article: Obituary: W. D. Francis Obituary: W. D. Francis 1959 Australian Journal of Science 21 7 215 William Douglas Francis - Records Queensland Herbarium William Douglas Francis - Records 1920 - 1959 Illustrations; reports; manuscripts including an autobiography; field notes; correspondence; minutes of meetings including the Noxious Plants Committee 1944-70; subject files including evolution, iron bacteria, the role of iron in the life cycle and spontaneous generation; press cuttings c.1920-59 [1.2 m]. 1.2 m 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