P003087
revised
AU-VU:EOAS
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation
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English
AACR2
Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules
Person
created
2000-02-02
human
Gavan McCarthy [P004098]
updated
2023-10-06
human
https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P003087b.htm
person
Mair
Herbert Knowles Charles
AACR2
1909
1999
Place of Birth
Toongabbie, New South Wales, Australia
Botanist
Orchidologist
Herbert Mair joined the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in 1931 as an assistant agonomist. In 1936 he became the Superintendent of Agriculture and Curator of the Botanic Gardens in Darwin. Following World War II (1946) he joined the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney and from 1964-1970 was director and chief botanist. One of his great passions was for Australian native orchids.
Mair, Herbert Knowles Charles (1909-19991231)
Trove
'Mair, Herbert Knowles Charles', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology
Mair, Herbert Knowles Charles
Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation