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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2012-01-25 human Rebecca Rigby and Helen Cohn updated 2025-10-29 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004926b.htm person May Valerie AACR2 Jones, Valerie 1916 27 June 2007 Place of Birth Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Place of Death Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Phycologist Valerie May was Honorary Curator of Cryptogams (later Honorary Phycologist) at the National Herbarium of New South Wales between 1960 and 1986. She was a pioneer in research on toxic algae, being the first to identify the phenomenon of toxic blue-green algae and its cause. Her first paper on the topic was published in 1966 but her findings were largely ignored until a major outbreak of the algae in the 1990s was responsible for a large number of livestock deaths. As Curator May negotiated transfer of A. H. S. Lucas algal collection (approximately 5000 specimens) from CSIRO to the National Herbarium of New South Wales. The red algal genus Valeriemaya was named in her honour. 1936 1936 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc(Hons)), University of Sydney 1939 1940 Award - Linnean Macleay Fellowship (Botany), for study at the University of Sydney 1960 1986 Career position - Honorary Curator of Cryptogams (later Honorary Phycologist), National Herbarium of New South Wales 1987 2007 Career position - Honorary Research Associate, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney National Herbarium of New South Wales, Colony and State of New South Wales (1896 - )

Honorary Curator of Cryprogams (later Honorary Phycologist) 1960 - 1986

 Linnean Macleay Fellowship (1905 - )

Awarded the Fellowship (Botany) 1939 - 1940

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 Valentine, V M (1944-)

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 'May, Valerie', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology May, Valerie Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Valerie May - fifty years of phycology King, Robert J.; and Briggs, Barbara G. Valerie May - fifty years of phycology 1988 Telopea 3 2 273-9 Journal Article: Valerie May (1916- ) Carey, Jane Valerie May (1916- ) 1999 Australasian Science 20 9 1999 Book: Irresistible Forces: Australian Women in Science Hooker, Claire Irresistible Forces: Australian Women in Science Carlton Melbourne University Press 2004