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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/P002043b.htm person Shirley John Francis AACR2 11 August 1849 5 April 1922 Place of Birth Dorchester, England Place of Death Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Educator Naturalist John Shirley, the first Principal of the Teachers' training College, Brisbane, encouraged the study of nature in schools. His travels around Queensland as Inspector for the Department of Public Instruction provided him with many opportunities to pursue his interest in natural history. He also taught botany, physiology, and geology at the Pharmacy College and worked at the Queensland Museum. His special interests were lichens and Mollusca and over his career he collected and mounted 2500 plant specimens. Shirley was active in the Field Naturalists' Club of Queensland and the Royal Society of Queensland. His pioneering work The lichen flora of Queensland (1888 - 1980) was published in the Society's Proceedings. The Queensland Museum is the principal repository of his collections. [11 August 1849] [5 April 1922] Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of London 1870 1877 Career position - Teacher, Bishop Ryder's Boys' School, Birmingham, United Kingdom 1878 1878 Life event - Arrived in Brisbane 1878 1878 Career position - Head Teacher, Roma State School 1879 1908 Career position - District inspector west of Maryborough, Queensland Department of Public Instruction 1886 1886 Career position - Foundation member, Field Naturalists' Section, Royal Society of Queensland 1886 1919 Career position - Member of Council, Royal Society of Queensland 1892 1893 Career position - President, Royal Society of Queensland 1895 1895 Career position - General Secretary of the 1895 Meeting, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1898 1898 Career position - President, Section J (Mental Science and Education), Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1904 1904 Career position - President, Section J (Mental Science and Education), Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1906 1915 Career position - Foundation Member, Field Naturalists' Club of Queensland 1908 1908 Career position - President, Field Naturalists' Club of Queensland 1909 1914 Career position - Senior Inspector, Queensland Department of Public Instruction 1912 1912 Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Sydney 1912 1915 Career position - Honorary conchologist, Queensland Museum 1914 1914 Career position - First Principal, Teachers' Training College, Brisbane 1914 1914 Career position - President, Royal Society of Queensland 1915 1922 Award - Honorary Member, Field Naturalists' Club of Queensland 1920 1920 Taxonomy event - Acacia shirleyi Maiden 1920 1921 Career position - Conchologist, Queensland Museum 1923 1923 Taxonomy event - Honoured with Eucalyptus shirleyi Maiden Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science (1888 - 1930)

General Secretary for 1895 Meeting; President, Section J (Mental Science and Education) 1898 and 1904

 Field Naturalists' Section, Royal Society of Queensland (1886 - 1894)

Foundation member 1886

 Field Naturalists' Club of Queensland (1906 - 1922)

Foundation member 1906; President 1908; Honorary Member 1915 - 1922

 Royal Society of Queensland (1884 - )

President 1892 - 1893, 1914

 Queensland Museum

Conchologist 1920 - 1921

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 Shirley, John (1849-1922)

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 'Shirley, John Francis', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Shirley, John Francis Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: A Fish-Poison of the Aborigines Shirley, J. A Fish-Poison of the Aborigines Brisbane Published for the Society by Warwick & Sapsford 1895-1896 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 11 88-90 Conference Proceedings: Report of the sixth meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science Shirley, John Report of the sixth meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science Brisbane Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1895 Book: International catalogue of scientific literature: Queensland volume Shirley, John International catalogue of scientific literature: Queensland volume Brisbane Government Printer 1899 Journal Article: The lichen flora of Queensland, part II-III Shirley, J. The lichen flora of Queensland, part II-III 1889-1890 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 6 80-110, 129-45, 165-218 Journal Article: The lichen flora of Queensland, part I Shirley, J. The lichen flora of Queensland, part I 1888 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 5 80-110 Journal Article: A Review of Recent Australian Conchology Shirley, J. A Review of Recent Australian Conchology 1915 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland xxvii 1-10 Journal Article: Re-examination of John Shirley's collection of Tasmanian lichens Kantvilas, Gintaras Re-examination of John Shirley's collection of Tasmanian lichens 1988 Papers and proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 122 2 59-67 Journal Article: An early Australian bibliographer: John Shirley and the Queensland volume of the International catalogue of scientific literature East, John W. An early Australian bibliographer: John Shirley and the Queensland volume of the <span style="font-style:italic">International catalogue of scientific literature</span> 1979 Australian academic and research libraries 10 73-9 Journal Article: The late Dr Shirley Chisholm, A. H.; and White, C. T. The late Dr Shirley 1922 Queensland naturalist 3 87 Journal Article: Seventy-five years of natural history Marks, Elizabeth N. Seventy-five years of natural history 1983 Queensland naturalist 24 1/4 6-28 Journal Article: A history of the Queensland Philosophical Society and the Royal Society of Queensland from 1859 to 1911 Marks, Elizabeth N. A history of the Queensland Philosophical Society and the Royal Society of Queensland from 1859 to 1911 1960 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 71 17-42 Resource: Australian Plant Collectors and Illustrators Fagg, Murray Australian Plant Collectors and Illustrators Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria (CHAH) 2010 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