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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2006-09-13 human Annette Alafaci and Helen Cohn updated 2026-05-19 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004723b.htm person Scott George Anderson Macdonald AACR2 10 March 1933 23 March 1998 Place of Birth Glasgow, Scotland Place of Death New Zealand Botanist Bryologist George Anderson M. Scott was the foremost authority on temperate Australian mosses and liverworts. He was Reader in Botany at Monash University and a master of Queen's College at the University of Melbourne. His main area of expertise was the plant group known as Bryophytes, which includes mosses and liverworts. Scott donated his highly prized specimen collections to the National Herbarium in Melbourne. He also made major contributions to the general field of botany and was a member of the Linnean Society. In 1996 Scott deposited his collection of over 4,500 specimens of Australian bryophytes in the Herbarium of the Department of Botany at the University of Melbourne. 1959 1959 Education - Graduated with a gold medal in Botany, University of Glasgow, Scotland 1961 1961 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University College of North Wales 1961 1962 Career position - Assistant Lecturer in Botany, University of Otago, New Zealand 1962 1969 Career position - Lecturer then Senior Lecturer (1969) in Botany, University of Otago 1970 1973 Career position - Senior Research Fellow, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 1973 1983 Career position - Senior Lecturer in Botany, Monash University 1976 1976 Career position - Moses of Southern Australia (co-authored with I. Stone) published 1976 1976 Career position - Research Fellow of Corpus Christi, Cambridge, UK 1978 1978 Career position - Member of the Bryophyte Committee of the International Association for Plant Taxonomy 1978 1981 Career position - President, Ecological Society of Australia 1983 1983 Career position - Research Fellow of Corpus Christi, Cambridge 1984 1986 Career position - Reader in Botany, Monash University 1985 1985 Career position - The South Australian Liverworts published 1986 1992 Career position - Master of Queen's College, University of Melbourne 1990 1990 Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne Herbarium, School of Botany, The University of Melbourne (1926 - )

The Herbarium hold over 4,500 of Scott's specimens

 Monash University (1958 - )

Reader in Botany 1984 - 1986

 The University of Melbourne (1853 - )

Master, Queen's College 1986 - 1992

 Ecological Society of Australia, Inc (1960 - )

President 1978 - 1981

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 Scott, George Anderson Macdonald (1933-1998)

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 'Scott, George Anderson Macdonald', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Scott, George Anderson Macdonald Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: A census of Victorian bryophytes Cropper, S. C., Tonkinson, D. A. & Scott, G. A. M. A census of Victorian bryophytes Melbourne Victorian Department of Conservation and Environment 1991 Journal Article: A special issue in honour of Ilma Grace Stone to commemorate the occasion of her 80th birthday Scott, G. A. M. [and others] A special issue in honour of Ilma Grace Stone to commemorate the occasion of her 80th birthday 1993 Australasian bryological newsletter 29 1-8 Journal Article: A special issue in honour of Ilma Grace Stone to commemorate the occasion of her 80th birthday Dalton, P. J. (editor) A special issue in honour of Ilma Grace Stone to commemorate the occasion of her 80th birthday Australasian bryological newsletter 29:1-8 29 1-8 Journal Article: Recollections and a tribute to Professor David Guthrie Catcheside, 31 May 1907 - 1 June 1994 Stone, Ilma G.; Bell, Graham; and Scott, George A. M. Recollections and a tribute to Professor David Guthrie Catcheside, 31 May 1907 - 1 June 1994 1994 Australasian bryological newsletter 31 7-11 Book: The Mosses of Southern Australia Scott, George A. M.; and Stone, Ilma G.: illustrations by Rosser, Celia The Mosses of Southern Australia London: New York Academic Press 1976 Journal Article: A tribute - George Anderson Macdonald Scott 10 March 1933 - 23 March 1998 Dalton, Paddy A tribute - George Anderson Macdonald Scott 10 March 1933 - 23 March 1998 1998 Australasian bryological newsletter 38 1-6 Journal Article: George Anderson Macdonald Scott B.Sc., Ph.D., B.A., D.Sc., F.L.S. (1933-1998) Watson, E. V. George Anderson Macdonald Scott B.Sc., Ph.D., B.A., D.Sc., F.L.S. (1933-1998) 1999 Journal of Bryology 21 2 165-6 Journal Article: Mosses, liverworts and hornworts: significant bryophyte collections at the University of Melbourne Herbarium Brown, Gillian Mosses, liverworts and hornworts: significant bryophyte collections at the University of Melbourne Herbarium 2011 University of Melbourne Collections 8 -7