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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J., Moje, C. & Walsh, N. updated 2025-05-14 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000887b.htm person White Cyril Tenison AACR2 17 August 1890 16 August 1950 Place of Birth Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Place of Death Kangaroo Point, Queensland, Australia Botanist Botanical collector Cyril Tenison White was Queensland Government Botanist from 1917 to 1950. He was a grandson of F.M. Bailey, who also held the position of Queensland Government Botanist, and started as his pupil-assistant in 1905. White's interests were taxonomy botany, particularly of woody plants, and economic botany. He made significant contributions to knowledge of the flora of Queensland and northern New South Wales, and was regarded as an authority on tropical plants. His collecting trips took him throughout north eastern Australia, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and New Caledonia. The Queensland Herbarium holds thousands of his collections. White's advice was sought frequently on weeds, poisonous plants and horticultural questions. He published extensively in the Queensland journal of agriculture, and his major books included An elementary textbook of Australian forest botany (1922) and Principles of botany for Queensland farmers (1938). White was an active member of the Royal Society of Queensland and served three terms as President of the Queensland Naturalists' Club. The plant genus Cyrilwhitea (Chenopodiaceae) was named in his honour. 1917 1950 Career position - Government Botanist, Queensland Herbarium 1923 1923 Career event - Elected Member (Botany), Australian National Research Council 1923 1923 Career position - President, Queensland Naturalists' Club 1925 1925 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus whitei Maiden & Blakely was named in his honour. White also collected syntype material 1928 1928 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus orgadophila Maiden & Blakely. White collected the type 1928 1928 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus microneura Maiden & Blakely. White collected the type 1930 1930 Career position - President, Queensland Naturalists' Club 1931 1931 Taxonomy event - Co-author of Eucalyptus tenuipes (Maiden & Blakely) Blakely & C.T.White 1931 1931 Taxonomy event - Co-author of Eucalyptus curtisii Blakely & C.T.White 1939 1939 Career position - Australian Botanical liaison Officer to Kew Gardens, London 1943 1943 Career position - President, Queensland Naturalists' Club 1947 1947 Award - Mueller Medal, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science 1953 1953 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus gilbertensis (Maiden & Blakely) S.T. Blake. White collected the type Goy, Doris Alma (1912 - 1999) Queensland Naturalists' Club (1922 - )

President 1923, 1930 and 1943

 Blake, Stanley Thatcher (1911 - 1973)

Blake was White's son-in-law

 Queensland Herbarium (1855 - )

Government Botanist 1917 - 1950; the Herbarium holds thousands of White's specimens

 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (1759 - )

Australian Botanical Liaison Officer 1939

 Mueller Medal, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (1904 - 2006)

Awarded the Medal 1947

 Bailey, John Frederick (1866 - 1938)

Bailey was White's uncle

 Bailey, Frederick Manson (1827 - 1915)

Frederick Bailey was the grandfather of Cyril White

 Royal Society of Queensland (1884 - )

President 1921

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

Member (Botany) 1923 -

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 White, C T (1890-1950)

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 'White, Cyril Tenison', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology White, Cyril Tenison Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Obituary: Cyril Tenison White Obituary: Cyril Tenison White 1950 Australian Journal of Science 13 2 43 Book Section: White, Cyril Tenison (1890-1950), botanist Sumner, R. White, Cyril Tenison (1890-1950), botanist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1990 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 12: 1891 - 1939 Smy-Z John Ritchie 463-464 Journal Article: The late Dr Shirley Chisholm, A. H.; and White, C. T. The late Dr Shirley 1922 Queensland naturalist 3 87 Journal Article: A brief history of the naturalists' club movement in Queensland White, C. T. A brief history of the naturalists' club movement in Queensland 1926 Queensland naturalist 5 73-5 Journal Article: Henry Tryon, First Honorary Secretary, Royal Society of Queensland, and His Place in Queensland Science White, C.T. Henry Tryon, First Honorary Secretary, Royal Society of Queensland, and His Place in Queensland Science 1945 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland lvi 8 44-80 Journal Article: F. M. Bailey: His Life and Work White, C.T. F. M. Bailey: His Life and Work 1950 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland lxi 105-114 Journal Article: The Bailey Family and its Place in the Botanical History of Australia White, C. T. The Bailey Family and its Place in the Botanical History of Australia 1945 The Journal of the Historical Society of Queensland 3 5 362-368 Journal Article: Cyril Tenison White Herbert, D. A. Cyril Tenison White 1951 Queensland naturalist 14 3 43-7 Journal Article: Cyril Tenison White, 1890-1950 Blake, S. T. Cyril Tenison White, 1890-1950 1952 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 62 35-48 Journal Article: C. T. White's botanical survey and collections from Papua in 1918 Bean, A. R. C. T. White's botanical survey and collections from Papua in 1918 2014 Austrobaileya 9 2 244-62 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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 Cyril Tenison White - Records Queensland Herbarium Cyril Tenison White - Records 1920 - 1951 Meeting records including the Great Barrier Reef Committee and the Poison Plants Committee 1930s-40s; subject files of economic botany including eucalyptus oils, pyrethrum insecticides and rubber; ecology files arranged by districts 1930s-40s; reports 1940s-51; publication data; photographs and illustrations; diaries including a diary of a trip to Kew Gardens in 1939; various files on the history of areas, societies and collectors; notebooks and related subject files [6 boxes, 1 parcel]. A list of the collection is available. 6 boxes, 1 parcel Photographs