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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-06-30 human Rosanne Walker updated 2026-05-19 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002763b.htm person Williamson Herbert Bennett AACR2 18 June, 1860 30 January 1931 Place of Birth Beechworth, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Botanist School teacher Herbert Williamson was a school teacher and head master in a number of Victorian State Schools over a career spanning 49 years. Interested in botany, he planted Acacias, Eucalypts and many other native species of trees and shrubs in the school grounds, and the schools were noted for their beautiful gardens. Herbert Williamson was highly regarded as an amateur botanist. Knowing Frederick von Mueller (qv) helped him to gain an in-depth understanding of botany. Williamson's detailed studies of the Victorian flora were published in several botanical journals and books, and he was a driving force behind the Victorian Field Naturalist's Club's Census of Victorian Plants (1928). His papers in the Victorian naturalist including the 9-part "Victorian ferns" (1926), while his 5-part revision of the genus Pultenaea (1920 - 1927) was published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. Williamson's very extensive private herbarium, comprising over 3,000 specimens, was bequeathed to the National Herbarium of Victoria. 1915 1915 Career position - Member of committee, Ballarat Science and Field Naturalists Club 1921 1931 Career position - Assistant Secretary and Librarian, Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria 1922 1925 Career position - Headmaster at the Dandenong State School 1922 1931 Career position - Headmaster, Dandenong State School 1929 1931 Career position - Honorary Keeper, Herbarium, Botany School, University of Melbourne 1929 1931 Career event - Honorary Keeper of the Herbarium of the Botany School, University of Melbourne 1934 1934 Taxonomy event - Honoured with Eucalyptus maidenii var. x williamsonii Blakely The University of Melbourne Herbarium, School of Botany, The University of Melbourne (1926 - )

Honorary keeper of the Herbarium 1929 - 1931

 National Herbarium of Victoria (1896 - )

Williamson's personal herbariun was bequeathed to the Herbarium

 Ballarat Field Club and Science Society (1882 - 1918)

Member of Committee , Ballarat Science and Field Naturalists Club 1915

 The Field Naturalists Club of Victoria Inc (1880 - )

Assistant Secretary and Librarian 1921 - 1931

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 Williamson, Herbert Bennett (1860-1931)

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 'Williamson, Herbert Bennett', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Williamson, Herbert Bennett Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: A revision of the genus Pultenaea, part i Williamson, H. B. A revision of the genus <span style="font-style:italic">Pultenaea</span>, part i 1920 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 32 11 210-24 Journal Article: Victorian ferns, part 1 Williamson, H. B. Victorian ferns, part 1 1926 Victorian naturalist 42 219-28 Thesis: A voice for nature: a history of the Field Naturalists' Club of Ballarat Kruss, Susan A voice for nature: a history of the Field Naturalists' Club of Ballarat Federation University Australia 2024 Journal Article: H. B. Williamson - an appreciation Daley, C. H. B. Williamson - an appreciation 1931 The Victorian naturalist 46 172-5 Journal Article: Botanical pioneers in Victoria - II Willis, J. H. Botanical pioneers in Victoria - II 1949 Victorian Naturalist 66 6 103-9 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

Source used to compile entry

 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