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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2005-11-23 human Annette Alafaci updated 2026-04-28 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004663b.htm person Clifford Harold Trevor OAM FLS AACR2 18 April 1927 4 May 2019 Place of Birth Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Botanist Trevor Clifford was an Honorary Research Associate of the Queensland Herbarium and an Honorary Fellow (Geoscience) of the Queensland Museum. Throughout his career, which included a thirty-four year tenure at the University of Queensland, he received many scholarships and awards from top funding bodies including the Nuffield, Carlsberg German Cultural and University of Queensland Foundations. As part of his Master of Science Degree, Clifford mapped 180 square kilometres of the Dandenong Ranges, analysed the geographical distribution of the eucalypts, and prepared a relief model of the area. This study was the foundation for his life-long fascination with plant genetics, statistics and evolution. Clifford next received an Australian National University Scholarship to study at the University of Durham (U.K.) for a Doctor of Philosophy Degree. On completion of these studies he accepted a lectureship in Agricultural Botany at the University College of Ibadan in Nigeria. In 1958 he returned to Australia taking up a Lectureship in Botany at the University of Queensland. He retired in 1992 with the title of Prof Emeritus. His landmark publications include works on grass identification, The families of monocotyledons (1985) with Rolf Dahlgren, and Keys to the families of Queensland flowering plants (Magnoliophyta) (1972) with G. Ludlow. 1948 1948 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne 1948 1953 Career position - Botany Tutor, then Senior Tutor and part-time Lecturer, University of Melbourne. 1951 1951 Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Melbourne 1953 1955 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Durham University (conferred 1956) 1955 1958 Career position - Lecturer in Agricultural Botany at University College, Ibadan in Nigeria 1958 1983 Career position - Lecturer in Botany, University of Queensland 1965 2019 Award - Fellow, The Linnean Society of London (FLS) 1974 1974 Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Melbourne 1982 1983 Career position - President, Australian Systematic Botany Society 1983 1992 Career position - Professor of Botany, University of Queensland 1990 1990 Career position - Visiting Professor at the Agricultural University in Beijing, China 1992 Career position - Emeritus Professor, University of Queensland 1992 1992 Life event - Retired 1994 1994 Career position - Visiting Professor, University Nusa Cendana in Kapang, Indonesia 1995 Career position - Honorary Research Fellow (Geoscience), Queensland Museum 2015 2019 Award - Life Member, Royal Society of Queensland 2016 2016 Award - Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) - for service to botany, and to tertiary education Australian Systematic Botany Society Inc (1973 - 2011)

President 1982 - 1983

 Royal Society of Queensland (1884 - )

Life Member 2015 - 2019

 The University of Queensland (1910 - )

Professor of Botany 1983 - 1992

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 Clifford, H T (1927-)

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 'Clifford, Harold Trevor (Trevor)', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Clifford, Harold Trevor (Trevor) Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: Harold Trevor Clifford Guide To Records McCarthy, Ann, and Jones, Michael Harold Trevor Clifford Guide To Records Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre 2008 Edited Book: Cambridge - Castlemaine : a tribute to John Stewart Turner on the occasion of his 80th birthday Clifford, H. T. Cambridge - Castlemaine : a tribute to John Stewart Turner on the occasion of his 80th birthday St Lucia, Qld Dept. of Botany, University of Queensland 1988 Journal Article: In memoriam David William Goodall (4 April 1914 - 10 May 2018) Clifford, H. Trevor In memoriam David William Goodall (4 April 1914 - 10 May 2018) 2018 Journal of vegetation science 29 3 569-72 Journal Article: David Goodall - multiple decades devoted to the service of ecological knowledge, a whole century devoted to the enjoyment of life Clifford, H. Trevor David Goodall - multiple decades devoted to the service of ecological knowledge, a whole century devoted to the enjoyment of life 2015 Tropical ecology 56 1 133-5 Edited Book: Cambridge - Castlemaine: a Tribute to John Stewart Turner on the Occasion of his 80th Birthday Clifford, Harold T. Cambridge - Castlemaine: a Tribute to John Stewart Turner on the Occasion of his 80th Birthday St Lucia Botany Department, University of Queensland 1988 Journal Article: William Thomas Williams 1913-1995 Clifford, H. Trevor William Thomas Williams 1913-1995 Australian Academy of Science 1998 Historical Records of Australian Science 12 1 99-118 Book Section: Herbert, Andrew Desmond (1898-1976), professor of botany Clifford, H. Trevor Herbert, Andrew Desmond (1898-1976), professor of botany Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1996 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 14: 1940 - 1980 Di-Kel John Ritchie 438 Book Section: White-Haney, Rose Ethel Janet (1877-1953), botanist Clifford, H. Trevor White-Haney, Rose Ethel Janet (1877-1953), botanist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2002 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 16: 1940 - 1980 Pik-Z John Ritchie and Diane Langmore 536-537 Journal Article: Major groups of Australasian grasses - guide to sampling. Watson, L.; and Clifford, H.T. Major groups of Australasian grasses - guide to sampling. 1976 Australian journal of Botany 24 489-507 Journal Article: Classificatory dendrograms and their interpretation. Clifford, H.T.; and Williams, W.T. Classificatory dendrograms and their interpretation. 1973 Australian Journal of Botany 21 151-162. Journal Article: Seed dispersal by motor vehicles. 47, 311-315. Clifford, H.T. Seed dispersal by motor vehicles. 47, 311-315. 1959 Journal of Ecology 47 311-315 Journal Article: Obituary for H. T. Clifford, 1927 - 2019: a multiversed generalist in plant sciences Specht, Alison; Conran, John; Dettmann, Mary; and Rozefelds, Andrew Obituary for H. T. Clifford, 1927 - 2019: a multiversed generalist in plant sciences 2020 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 124 167-70 Journal Article: Royal Society of Queensland, award of Life Member: Emeritus Professor Harold Trevor Clifford OAM invested as Life Member, December 2015 Charters, Kate Royal Society of Queensland, award of Life Member: Emeritus Professor Harold Trevor Clifford OAM invested as Life Member, December 2015 2016 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 121 87-8 Harold Trevor Clifford - Records State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection Harold Trevor Clifford - Records MS 13608 H. Trevor Clifford - Records Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science H. Trevor Clifford - Records MS 188 c. 1971 - c. 1995 Material associated with biographical memoir of W. T. Williams, 1971-1995; alphabetical correspondence files, arranged chronologically within each file. 0.7 m, 5 boxes