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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn updated 2025-10-07 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000757b.htm person Rogers Richard Sanders FLS AACR2 c. 2 December 1861 28 March 1942 Place of Birth Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Place of Death Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Physician Orchidologist Richard Rogers was consulting physician at the (Royal) Adelaide Hospital from 1897 to 1942 and a became a hypnotist of some note. He became a world authority on Australasian orchids describing over 113 new species and three new genera working closely with R. Fiveash and H.M.R. Rupp. Rogers's orchid collections are in the State Herbarium of South Australia. 1882 1882 Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA), University of Adelaide 1887 1887 Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB), University of Edinburgh 1887 1909 Career position - Honorary Physician, Adelaide Hospital 1891 1891 Education - Master of Surgery (ChM), University of Adelaide 1891 1938 Career position - Member, South Australian Branch, British Medical Association 1893 1893 Education - Doctor of Medicine (MD), University of Edinburgh 1896 1922 Career position - Member, Board of Management, Adelaide Hospital 1897 1897 Education - Doctor of Medicine (MD), University of Adelaide 1897 1897 Education - Master of Arts (MA), University of Adelaide 1907 1922 Career position - Member of Council, Royal Society of South Australia 1909 1942 Career position - Consulting Physician, Adelaide Hospital 1910 1940 Career position - Member, Medical Board of South Australia 1913 1921 Career position - Deputy Chairman, Board of Management, Adelaide Hospital 1914 1919 Career position - Vice-President, Royal Society of South Australia 1914 1919 Career position - Lt Colonel in command of 7th Australian General Hospital, Keswick, South Australia 1919 1939 Career position - Lecturer in Forensic Medicine, University of Adelaide 1921 1922 Career position - President, Royal Society of South Australia 1922 1924 Career position - Vice-President, Royal Society of South Australia 1922 1936 Career position - First Superintendent (Visiting), Enfield Receiving House 1924 1942 Career position - Fellow, The Linnean Society of London (FLS) 1929 1931 Career position - Chairman, Board of the Public library, Museum and Art Gallery of South Australia 1929 1936 Career position - Visiting Superintendent, Northfield Mental Hospital 1932 1932 Career position - President, Section M (Botany), Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science 1932 1938 Career position - President, Medical board of South Australia 1934 1934 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus brachycalyx Blakely: Rogers collected the type specimen 1936 1936 Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Adelaide 1937 1937 Career event - Member, Australian National Research Council 1937 1937 Career event - Fellow, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS) 1938 1942 Career position - Founding Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Physicians 1939 1942 Career position - Honorary Consulting Physician to all South Australian mental institutions Rupp, Herman Montague Rucker (1872 - 1956) Fiveash, Rosa Catherine (1854 - 1938) The University of Adelaide (1874 - 2026)

Lecturer in Forensic Medicine 1919 - 1939

 Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) (1938 - )

Foundation Fellow 1938 - 1942

 Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS) (1930 - )

President, Section N (Botany) 1932; Fellow 1937 -

 South Australian Institute (1856 - 1940)

Chairman of the Board of the Public library, Museum and Art Gallery of South Australia 1929 - 1931

 Royal Society of South Australia (1880 - )

Member of Council 1907 - 1922; President 1921

 State Herbarium of South Australia (1954 - )

Rogers's orchid collections are in the Herbarium

 Adelaide Hospital (1840 - )

Consulting Physician 1909 - 1942

 British Medical Association, South Australian Branch (1879 - 1962)

Member, South Australian Branch 1891 - 1938

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

Member 1937 -

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 Rogers, R S (1861-1942)

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 'Rogers, Richard Sanders', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Rogers, Richard Sanders Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Obituary: Dr. R. S. Rogers Obituary: Dr. R. S. Rogers 1942 Australian Journal of Science 4 5 154 Journal Article: Presidential address: a history of the Society, particularly its relation to other institutions in the state Rogers, R. S. Presidential address: a history of the Society, particularly its relation to other institutions in the state 1922 Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 46 615-46 Book: Flora of South Australia. Black, J. M. Flora of South Australia. Adelaide British Science Guild, South Australian Branch 1922-1929 Book: An introduction to the study of South Australian orchids Rogers, R. S.; illustrated by Rosa Fiveash An introduction to the study of South Australian orchids Adelaide Government Printer 1911 Journal Article: Australian orchidology Pescott, Edward E. Australian orchidology 1932 The Victorian naturalist 49 196-9 Journal Article: Obituary: Richard Sanders Rogers Cleland, J. Burton Obituary: Richard Sanders Rogers 1942 Medical Journal of Australia 1942 1 589-90 Book: Roll of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians McDonald, G. L. Roll of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians Sydney Royal Australasian College of Physicians 1988-1994 Richard Sanders Rogers - Records Barr Smith Library, Special Collections, The University of Adelaide Richard Sanders Rogers - Records 1890 - 1942 Quote from ADB article on Rogers: "Rogers bequeathed his material on orchids to the University of Adelaide, including his translations of Schlechter's 'Orchids from German New Guinea'. The remainder of his collections is in the Adelaide Herbarium." Do you have any information about this?? Richard Sanders Rogers - Records Botanic Gardens of Adelaide and State Herbarium Richard Sanders Rogers - Records 1861 - 1942 An unpublished biography of his father by L. Scott-Rogers and other information. Richard Sanders Rogers - Records National Herbarium, Melbourne Richard Sanders Rogers - Records MSS 4 1912 - 1937 Letters to W.H. Nicholls 1925-37, C.S. Sutton 1912-14, A.J. Tadgell 1921-28 and Miss E.T. Rossiter 1931, about Australian orchids. 24 items