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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2001-05-25 human Ken McInnes updated 2026-01-08 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P003371b.htm person Curtis Winifred AM AACR2 15 June 1905 14 October 2005 Place of Birth London, England Place of Death Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Botanist Author Plant taxonomist Educator Winifred Curtis was an influential botanist, educator and author. She took up a position at the University of Tasmania in 1940 and subsequently was involved in establishing the Department of Botany (1945). She lectured in Botany there until her retirement in 1966. Her frustration with the directive to instruct Australian students using British educational texts led her to write The students' flora of Tasmania (1956 - 1994). The specimens collected to support this project are in the Tasmanian Herbarium. (Volume 1 was revised with Dennis Morris in 1975.) Her other major monograph was The endemic flora of Tasmania, a collaboration with botanical artist Margaret Stones, published between 1967 and 1978. Curtis also conducted significant research in plant embryology and cytology. Several plants have been named in her honour, including the genus Winifredia (Restionaceae) which is endemic to Tasmania. 1927 1927 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University College in London 1931 1932 Career position - Biology Teacher at Levenshulme High School in Manchester 1933 1939 Career position - Biology Teacher at South Hampstead High School 1939 1939 Life event - Settled in Australia 1939 1939 Education - Master of Science (MSc), University College, London 1941 1946 Career position - Curator (part-time), Tasmanian Herbarium 1943 1945 Career position - Assistant Lecturer in Botany, University of Tasmania 1945 1951 Career position - Lecturer in Botany, University of Tasmania 1950 1950 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University College, London 1951 1956 Career position - Senior Lecturer in Botany, University of Tasmania 1956 1966 Career position - Reader in Botany, University of Tasmania 1966 1966 Life event - Retired 1966 1966 Award - Clive Lord memorial Medal, Royal Society of Tasmania 1968 1968 Education - Honorary Doctor of Science (DSc), University College, London 1976 1976 Award - Recipient of the Australian Natural History Medallion 1977 1977 Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) - [no citation?] 1987 1987 Award - Honorary Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Tasmania 1988 1988 Award - Recipient of the Australian Plants Award 1994 1994 Award - Mueller Medal, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science 1997 1997 Award - Named Hobart Citizen of the Year Stones, Elsie Margaret (Margaret) (1920 - 2018) Morris, Dennis Ivor (1924 - 2005) Somerville, Janet (1887 - 1969) Cameron, Mary Patricia (1925 - 2001) Mueller Medal, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (1904 - 2006)

Awarded the Medal 1995

 Clive Lord Memorial Medal, Royal Society of Tasmania (1930 - )

Awarded the Medal 1966

 Australian Natural History Medallion, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria (1940 - )

Awarded the Medallion 1976

 The University of Tasmania (1890 - )

Reader in Botany 1956 - 1966

 Tasmanian Herbarium (1976 - )

Keeper (part-time) 1941 - 1946; Curtis's collections were deposited in the Herbarium

 Launceston Field Naturalists Club Inc. (1949 - )

Patron 1974

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 Curtis, Winifred M (1905-)

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 'Curtis, Winifred', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Curtis, Winifred Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Winifred Curtis AM DSc: a women of our time Rossister, Heather Winifred Curtis AM DSc: a women of our time 1996 Wisenet : Journal of the Women in Science Enquiry Network 42 Book Section: The vegetation [of Tasmania] Curtis, W. and Somerville, J. The vegetation [of Tasmania] Hobart Government Printer 1949 Handbook for Tasmania : prepared for the members of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science on the occasion of its Meeting held in Hobart, January 1949 Cerutty, Leonard [51] Journal Article: Boomer Marsh: a preliminary botanical and historical survey Curtis, W. and Somerville, J. Boomer Marsh: a preliminary botanical and historical survey 1948 Papers and proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1947 151-7 Book: The endemic flora of Tasmania Curtis, Winifred; illustrations by Stones, Margaret The endemic flora of Tasmania London Ariel Press 1967-1978 Book: The student's flora of Tasmania Curtis, Winifred M.; and Morris Dennis I. The student's flora of Tasmania Hobart Government Printer 1956-1994 Edited Book: Aspects of Tasmanian botany : a tribute to Winifred Curtis Banks, M. R. [and others] Aspects of Tasmanian botany : a tribute to Winifred Curtis Hobart Royal Society of Tasmania 1991 Book Section: Hooker, Sir Joseph Dalton (1817-1911), botanist and explorer Curtis, Winifred M. Hooker, Sir Joseph Dalton (1817-1911), botanist and explorer Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1972 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 4: 1851 - 1890 D-J Douglas Pike 416-417 Resource: Tasmanian honour roll of women Tasmanian honour roll of women Hobart Tasmanian Government 2023 Book Section: Winifred Mary Curtis: a biographical sketch Kantvilas, Gintaras Winifred Mary Curtis: a biographical sketch Hobart Royal Society of Tasmania 1991 Aspects of Tasmanian botany : a tribute to Winifred Curtis Banks, M. R. 1-6 Book: Irresistible Forces: Australian Women in Science Hooker, Claire Irresistible Forces: Australian Women in Science Carlton Melbourne University Press 2004