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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes updated 2025-10-14 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000564b.htm person Lawson Abercrombie Anstruther AACR2 13 September 1870 26 March 1927 Place of Birth Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Place of Death Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Botanist Anstruther Lawson, who was born in Canada and educated in California and Scotland, was appointed the foundation Professor of Botany at the University of Sydney in 1913 and remained until his death. 1913 1927 Career position - Foundation Professor of Botany, University of Sydney 1914 1914 Career position - Local Secretary for Sydney, Section K (Botany), British Association for the Advancement of Science Meeting 1921 1927 Career position - Foundation Councillor (Botany), Australian National Research Council The University of Sydney (1850 - )

Foundation Professor of Botany 1913 - 1927.

 Australian National Research Council (ANRC) (1919 - 1955)

Foundation Member (Botany) 1921 - 1927

 British Association for the Advancement of Science 84th Meeting (1914)

Local Secretary for Sydney, Section K (Botany) 1914

 Darnell-Smith, George Percy (1868 - 1942)

Anstruther Lawson supervised George Darnell-Smith's DSc 1917

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 Lawson, Abercrombie Anstruther (1870-1927)

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 'Lawson, Abercrombie Anstruther', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Lawson, Abercrombie Anstruther Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: The Gametophyte of Psilotum Darnell-Smith, G. P. The Gametophyte of Psilotum 1917 Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 52 79 Book: Dictionary of Australian biography Serle, Percival Dictionary of Australian biography Sydney Angus & Robertson 1949 Abercrombie Anstruther Lawson - Records University of Sydney, Archives Abercrombie Anstruther Lawson - Records P 48 1880 - 1927 Lecture notes and related records of teaching at Sydney, Glasgow and Stanford Universities; correspondence with scientific societies; personal documents; overall dates 1880-1927 [20 cm, P 48]. 0.2 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