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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. & Moje, C. updated 2025-11-05 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000518b.htm person Jacobs Maxwell Ralph ISO DipFor MSc Drlng PhD AACR2 25 February 1905 9 October 1979 Place of Birth North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Place of Death Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Forester Botanical collector Botanist Maxwell Jacobs was Principal of the Forestry School, Canberra between 1945 and 1961 and the Director-General of Forestry and Timber Bureau from 1960 to 1970. The Maxwell Jacobs Memorial Orations have been presented presented in conjunction with the biennial Forestry Australia Conference since 1985. 1928 1929 Career position - Chief Forester for the Australian Capital Territory 1932 1932 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus jacobsiana Blakely, which was collected by Jacobs, was named in his honour 1934 1934 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus niphophloia Blakely & Jacobs 1934 1934 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehnh. var. pendula Blakely & Jacobs 1934 1934 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus abbreviata Blakely & Jacobs 1934 1939 Career position - Lecturer, Australian Forestry School 1934 1939 Career position - Research Officer, Australian Forestry and Timber Bureau 1944 1959 Career position - Principal and lecturer in Silviculture, Australian Forestry School 1960 1970 Career position - Director-General, Australian Forestry and Timber Bureau 1962 1962 Award - N. W. Jolly Medal, Institute of Foresters of Australia 1966 1969 Career position - Chairman, Timber Industries Committee of the Standards Association of Australia 1975 1979 Award - Foundation Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences Australian Academy of Technological Sciences (1975 - 1987)

Fellow 1975 - 1979

 Forestry and Timber Bureau, Commonwealth of Australia (1946 - 1978)

Director-General 1960 - 1970

 N. W. Jolly Medal, Institute of Foresters of Australia (1959 - )

Awarded the Medal 1962

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 Jacobs, M R (19050225-19791009)

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 'Jacobs, Maxwell Ralph', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Jacobs, Maxwell Ralph Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: Fellows of the Academy Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Fellows of the Academy 2024 Resource Section: Primary description of person CP 85; Maxwell Ralph Jacobs Primary description of person CP 85; Maxwell Ralph Jacobs National Archives of Australia 2000 RecordSearch Resource Section: Jacobs, Maxwell Ralph - Ms 74 Jacobs, Maxwell Ralph - Ms 74 Australian Academy of Science 1994 Listing of Adolph Basser Library holdings Book Section: Jacobs, Maxwell Ralph (1905-1979), forester Carron, L.T. Jacobs, Maxwell Ralph (1905-1979), forester Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1996 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 14: 1940 - 1980 Di-Kel John Ritchie 548-549 Book: Growth habits of the eucalypts Jacobs, M.R. Growth habits of the eucalypts Canberra Forestry and Timber Bureau 1955 Book: A Survey of the Genus Eucalyptus in the Northern Territory Jacobs, M.R. A Survey of the Genus Eucalyptus in the Northern Territory Canberra Commonwealth Forestry Bureau 1934 Resource: Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Online Melbourne Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre 2000 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

 Maxwell Ralph Jacobs - Records Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science Maxwell Ralph Jacobs - Records MS 074 1911 - 1959 Notes on the history of forestry education in Australia; records dealing with: Australian forestry conferences 1911-59; the development of a forestry policy; notes on the Russell Grimwade Prize and scholarship holders [2 cm, MS 74]. 0.02 m