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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2001-05-25 human Rosanne Walker; Ken McInnes updated 2026-05-05 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P003875b.htm person Pryor Lindsay Dixon AO FTSE AACR2 26 October 1915 17 August 1998 Place of Birth Moonta, South Australia, Australia Place of Death Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Botanist Forester Lindsay Dixon Pryor was foundation Professor of Botany, School of General Studies, Australian National University 1958-1976. His particular areas of interest were eucalypts and poplars. He wrote a number of books, including Trees and Shrubs in Canberra (1991, with J.C.G. Banks). In 1971 he was awarded the NW Jolly Medal by the Institute of Foresters of Australia - the highest honour awarded for outstanding service to the profession of forestry in Australia.

Educated University of Adelaide (DSc) and Australian Forestry School (DipFor).

1935 1935 Award - Schlich medal (Australian Forestry School, Australian Capital Territory 1936 1939 Career position - Assistant Forester, Australian Capital Territory 1939 1940 Career position - Assistant Research Officer, Australian Capital Territory 1940 c. 1944 Career position - Acting Forester, Australian Capital Territory 1942 1945 Military service - Second World War. Voluntary Defence Corps 1944 1958 Career position - Director, Parks and Gardens Canberra 1954 1954 Taxonomy event - Co-author of Eucalyptus aromaphloia L.D.Pryor & J.H.Willis 1958 1976 Career position - Professor of Botany, School of General Studies, Australian National University 1962 1962 Taxonomy event - Honoured with Eucalyptus pryoriana L.A.S.Johnson 1962 1963 Career position - President, Ecological Society of Australia 1971 1971 Award - N. W. Jolly Medal, Institute of Foresters of Australia 1975 1987 Award - Foundation Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences (FTS) 1976 1976 Award - Mueller Medal, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science 13 Jun 1983 13 Jun 1983 Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) - for service to botanical science 1985 1985 Award - Maxwell Jacobs Memorial Oration, Institute of Foresters of Australia 1987 1998 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE) [Foundation Fellow AATS 1975] 1 Aug 1997 1 Aug 1997 Award - Queen's Silver Jubilee Medal Mueller Medal, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (1904 - 2006)

Awarded the Medal 1976

 Australian National University (1946 - )

Professor of Botany, School of General Studies 1958 - 1976

 Australian National Botanic Gardens (1949 - )

Supervised the early development of the Australian National Botanic Gardens 1945 - 1958

 Australian Academy of Technological Sciences (1975 - 1987)

Foundation Fellow 1975 - 1987

 Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (1987 - )

Fellow 1987 - 1998

 N. W. Jolly Medal, Institute of Foresters of Australia (1959 - )

Awarded the Medal 1971

 Ecological Society of Australia, Inc (1960 - )

President 1962 - 1963

 Institute of Foresters of Australia (1935 - )

Maxwell Jacobs Memorial Orator 1985

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 'Pryor, Lindsay Dixon', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Pryor, Lindsay Dixon Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: Australian endangered species : eucalypts Pryor, Lindsay Dixon Australian endangered species : eucalypts Canberra Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service 1981 Book: Trees and shrubs in Canberra Pryor, Lindsay Dixon; Banks, John C. G. Trees and shrubs in Canberra 2nd Seven Hills, NSW ittle Hills Press with the co-operation and assistance of the ACT Govt., 2001 Book Section: Eucalyptus, the universal Australian Pryor, Lindsay Dixon; Johnson, Lawrence Alexander Sidney Eucalyptus, the universal Australian The Hague W. Junk 1981 Ecological biogeography of Australia (Monographiae biologicae vol.41) Keast, A. 1 499 - 536 Journal Article: Cladistic and biogeographic analysis of western Australian species of Eucalyptus L'Herit., informal subgenus Monocalyptus Pryor & Johnson. Humphries, C. J.; Ladiges, P. Y.; and Brooker, M. I. H. Cladistic and biogeographic analysis of western Australian species of Eucalyptus L'Herit., informal subgenus Monocalyptus Pryor & Johnson. 1987 Australian Journal of Botany 35 3 251 Edited Book: Handbook for Canberra: prepared for the members of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science on the occasion of its Meeting held in Canberra, January, 1939 Binns, Kenneth Handbook for Canberra: prepared for the members of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science on the occasion of its Meeting held in Canberra, January, 1939 Canberra Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science 1938 Book: A classification of the eucalypts Pryor, L. D.; and Johnson, L. A. S. A classification of the eucalypts Canberra Australian National University 1971 Book Section: Choice of species and seed sources. Turnbull, J.W.; and Pryor, L.D. Choice of species and seed sources. 1 Melbourne CSIRO 1978 Eucalypts for wood production Hillis, W.E. and Brown, A.G. 434 Resource: B884 Citizen Military Forces Personnel Dossiers, 1939-1947 CA 2002, 2 Echelon, Army Headquarters; CA 46, Department of Defence [III], Central Office B884 Citizen Military Forces Personnel Dossiers, 1939-1947 National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch Resource: Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Online Melbourne Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre 2000 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

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