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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2025-10-29 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001389b.htm person Clemens Mary Strong AACR2 3 January 1873 13 April 1968 Place of Birth New York, United States of America Place of Death Chermside, Queensland, Australia Botanical collector Explorer Mary Clemens, with her husband Joseph, were prolific collectors of botanical specimens in the Philippines, Borneo and New Guinea. Mary continued collecting after Joseph's death in 1935. In 1941 she was evacuated from New Guinea to Queensland at the onset of the war and remained there until her death. Clemens travelled throughout Queensland amassing a vast number of specimens which are housed in herbaria around the world. There are over 2000 at the Queensland Museum alone. The New York Botanical Gardens holds an archival collection of some of her personal papers.

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 Clemens, Mary Strong (1873-1968)

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 'Clemens, Mary Strong', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Clemens, Mary Strong Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: Clemens, Mary S. (1873-1968) Australian National Botanic Gardens Clemens, Mary S. (1873-1968) Edited Book: Brilliant Careers: Women Collectors and Illustrators in Queensland McKay, Judith Brilliant Careers: Women Collectors and Illustrators in Queensland Brisbane Queensland Museum 1997 Conference Paper: Mary Strong Clemens: a Botanical Collector in New Guinea (1935-1941) Conn, Barry J. Mary Strong Clemens: a Botanical Collector in New Guinea (1935-1941) Melbourne Australian Systematic Botany Society 1990 History of Systematic Botany in Australasia: Proceedings of a Symposium Held at the University of Melbourne, 25-27 May 1988 Short, P.S. 217-230 Book Section: The remarkable Mrs Clemens Langdon, R. F. The remarkable Mrs Clemens Sydney Adcademic Press 1981 People and Plants in Australia D. J. Carr and S. G. M. Carr 374-87 Mary Strong Clemens - Records Queensland Herbarium Mary Strong Clemens - Records 1941 - 1968 22 field notebooks, June 1941 - January 1950, concerning botanical collecting trips along the Queensland east coast from Stanthorpe to Tully. 0.25 m