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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn updated 2026-03-31 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001209b.htm person Rodway Leonard CMG AACR2 5 October 1853 9 March 1936 Place of Birth Torquay, Devon, England Place of Death Kingston, Tasmania, Australia Botanist Dentist Leonard Rodway was a dentist who arrives in Tasmania in 1880 and for over 30 years was in private practice in Hobart and honorary dental surgeon at the Hobart General Hospital. He is better know, however, as the principal authority on the Tasmanian flora. Between 1896 and 1932 he was Honorary Government Botanist to the Tasmanian Government. He published extensively on the Tasmanian flora, including ferns, fungi and bryophytes, in the Papers and proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania . His landmark book The Tasmanian flora was issued in 1903. He collected widely across Tasmania, his specimens now largely being in the Tasmanian Herbarium. Rodway was involved in a number of Tasmanian Government agencies. For many years he was a Trustee of the Tasmanian Museum and Botanic Gardens. He also served on the Scenery Preservation Board and the National Park Board. Rodway was a central figure in the scientific community of Tasmania. He was a founding Member of the Tasmanian Field Naturalists Club, serving two terms as President and becoming an Honorary Life Member in 1927. Also in 1927 he received the Royal Society of Tasmania Medal in recognition of his botanical research. 1878 1878 Education - Licentiate, Royal College of Surgeons of England 1880 1880 Life event - Settled in Tasmania 1884 1923 Career position - Practiced as dentist in Hobart, Tasmania 1884 1936 Award - Fellow, Royal Society of Tasmania 1890 1922 Career position - Honorary dental surgeon, Hobart General Hospital 1893 1893 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus perriniana F.Muell. ex Rodway 1896 1932 Career position - Honorary Government Botanist, Tasmanian Government 1904 1927 Career position - Foundation Member, Tasmanian Field Naturalists Club 1907 1910 Career position - President, Tasmanian Field Naturalists Club 1910 1912 Career position - Vice-President, Tasmanian Field Naturalists Club 1911 1928 Career position - Member, Tasmanian Museum and Botanic Gardens Trust 1912 1912 Taxonomy event - Honoured with Eucalyptus rodwayi R.T.Baker & H.G.Sm. 1912 1922 Career position - Member of Committee, Tasmanian Field Naturalists Club 1916 1920 Career position - Associate member, State Committee Tasmania, Advisory Council of Science and Industry 1916 1932 Career position - Member, Scenery Preservation Board, Tasmania 1917 1917 Award - Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) 1917 1932 Career position - Member, National Park Board, Tasmania 1918 1918 Award - Clarke Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales 1920 1926 Career position - Ex officio member, Provisional General Advisory Council, Commonwealth Institute of Science and Industry 1922 1924 Career position - President, Tasmanian Field Naturalists Club 1923 1929 Career position - Lecturer, University of Tasmania 1924 1924 Career position - President, Section M (Botany), Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1924 1929 Career position - Member of Committee, Tasmanian Field Naturalists Club 1927 1927 Award - Royal Society of Tasmania Medal 1927 1936 Award - Honorary Life Member, Tasmanian Field Naturalists Club 1928 1932 Career position - Honorary Curator, Tasmanian Museum Herbarium 1929 1930 Career position - Vice-President, Tasmanian Field Naturalists Club 1931 1931 Career position - Member of Committee, Tasmanian Field Naturalists Club Royal Society of Tasmania Medal (1927 - )

Awarded the Medal 1927

 Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (1863 - )

Trustee 1911 - 1928

 Royal Society of Tasmania (1843 - )

Fellow 1884 - 1936

 Tasmanian Field Naturalists Club Inc (1904 - )

Foundation Member 1924 - 1927; Honorary Life Member 1927 - 1936; President 1907 - 1910 and 1922 - 1924; Vice-President 1910 - 1912 and 1929 - 1930

 Clarke Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales (1878 - )

Awarded the Medal 1918

 The University of Tasmania (1890 - )

Lecturer 1923 - 1929

 Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science (1888 - 1930)

President, Section M (Botany) 1924

 Commonwealth Institute of Science and Industry, Commonwealth of Australia (1920 - 1926)

Ex officio member, Provisional General Advisory Council 1920 - 1926

 State Committee Tasmania, Advisory Council of Science and Industry (1916 - 1920)

Associate member 1916 - 1920

 Rodway, Frederick Arthur (1880 - 1956)

Leonard was Frederick's father

 Davis, Dorothy Gwenda Louise (Gwenda) (1911 - 1993)

Davis was Rodway's grandaughter

 Tasmanian Herbarium (1976 - )

Honorary Curator 1828 - 1932; Rodway's plant collections are in the Herbarium

 Hobart General Hospital (1860 - 1938)

Honorary dental surgeon 1890 - 1922

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 Rodway, Leonard (1853-1936)

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 'Rodway, Leonard', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Rodway, Leonard Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Section M - Botany: address by the President. Some ecological features in Tasmania Rodway, L. Section M - Botany: address by the President. Some ecological features in Tasmania 1924 Report of 17th meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 730-8 Journal Article: Tasmanian fungi Rodway, L. Tasmanian fungi 1898 Papers and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1897 129-44 Book: Grasses and their identification Rodway, L. Grasses and their identification Hobart Council of Agriculture 1908 Book: Ferns of Tasmania Rodway, Leonard Ferns of Tasmania Hobart Tasmanian Field Naturalists’ Club 1905 Book: The Tasmanian flora Rodway, Leonard The Tasmanian flora Hobart Government Printer 1908 Journal Article: Leonard Rodway, late Tasmanian Government Botanist [part 2] Anon Leonard Rodway, late Tasmanian Government Botanist [part 2] 1951 Australasian herbarium news 8 3-8 Journal Article: Leonard Rodway, late Tasmanian Government Botanist Anon Leonard Rodway, late Tasmanian Government Botanist 1950 Australasian herbarium news 6 1-5 Book Section: "Oral history" - memorials to three pioneer Australian dentists Phillips, Gael E.; and Pearn, John H. "Oral history" - memorials to three pioneer Australian dentists Hobart University of Tasmania and the Australian Society of the History of Medicine 1994 "Outpost medicine": Australasian studies on the history of medicine: Third National Conference of the Australian Society of the History of Medicine, Hobart, February 1993 Atkins, Susanne, Kirkby, Kenneth, Thomson, Philip and Pearn, John 87-106 Book: Dictionary of Australian biography Serle, Percival Dictionary of Australian biography Sydney Angus & Robertson 1949 Resource: Australian Plant Collectors and Illustrators Fagg, Murray Australian Plant Collectors and Illustrators Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria (CHAH) 2010 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 Book: A century afield: a history of the Tasmanian Field Naturalists Club Fenton, Janet A century afield: a history of the Tasmanian Field Naturalists Club Hobart, Tasmania Tasmanian Field Naturalists Club 2004 Conference Proceedings: "Outpost medicine": Australasian studies on the history of medicine: Third National Conference of the Australian Society of the History of Medicine, Hobart, February 1993 Atkins, Susanne, Kirkby, Kenneth, Thomson, Philip and Pearn, John "Outpost medicine": Australasian studies on the history of medicine: Third National Conference of the Australian Society of the History of Medicine, Hobart, February 1993 Hobart University of Tasmania and the Australian Society of the History of Medicine 1994 Leonard Rodway - Records National Herbarium, Melbourne Leonard Rodway - Records MSS M17 1891 - 1894 Letters by Rodway, from Hobart, to F. Mueller about Australian plants and their identification 1891-94 [MSS M17]. Leonard Rodway - Records Royal Society of Tasmania Leonard Rodway - Records Ms 22 1896 - 1907 Notes, drawings and letters about Tasmania flora and fungi, and a collection of named New Zealand ferns 1896-1907 [7 volumes, Ms 22]. 0.2 m Artwork, Objects 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