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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2012-04-26 human Ailie Smith, Neville Walsh and Christine Moje updated 2025-03-18 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005086b.htm person Blakely William Faris AACR2 November 1875 1 September 1941 Place of Birth Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia Botanical collector Botanist Gardener William Blakely was a gardener and a botanist with a special interest in eucalypts. J.H. Maiden recruited him to the Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney, where he worked as a gardener from 1900-1913. He was transferred to the National Herbarium where he worked as a botanist from 1913-1940. In 1934 he published A Key to the eucalypts, of which posthumous editions were published in 1955 and 1965. With this work, Blakely devised an entirely new classificatory system for the eucalypts which is to a large part the basis of modern infrageneric classification of the genus. He described hundreds of species. Joseph Maiden honoured him in 1917 with Eucalyptus blakelyi Maiden. 1898 1900 Career position - Worked at the Henolan Caves in the Blue Mountains, near Sydney 1900 1913 Career position - Worked at the Sydney Botanic Gardens 1913 1940 Career position - Worked at the Sydney Herbarium, starting as a botanical assistant 1917 1917 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus blakelyi Maiden was named in his honour. 1924 1924 Career event - Elected Associate Member (Botany), Australian National Research Council 1927 1927 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus globulus subsp.bicostata Maiden, Blakely & Simmonds 1940 1940 Career event - Retired from the Sydney Herbarium 1940 1941 Career position - Honorary custodian of the Eucalyptus collection at the Sydney Herbarium National Herbarium of New South Wales, Colony and State of New South Wales (1896 - )

Botanist 1913 - 1940

 Royal Botanic Garden Sydney, Colony and State of New South Wales (1816 - )

Gardener 1900 - 1913

 Australian National Research Council (ANRC) (1919 - 1955)

Associate Member (Botany) 1924 -

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 'Blakely, William Faris', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Blakely, William Faris Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: A Key to the Eucalypts with descriptions of 500 species and 138 varieties and a companion to J. H. Maiden's Critical Revision of the genus Eucalyptus Blakely, W. F. A Key to the Eucalypts with descriptions of 500 species and 138 varieties and a companion to J. H. Maiden's Critical Revision of the genus Eucalyptus Sydney Government Printer 1934 Journal Article: The numerical intraspecific taxonomy of Eucalyptus globulus Labill. (Myrtaceae) Kirkpatrick, J.B. The numerical intraspecific taxonomy of Eucalyptus globulus Labill. (Myrtaceae) 1974 Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 69 2 89-104

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 Book: Trees from other lands for shelter and timber in New Zealand: eucalypts Simmonds, Joseph Henry Trees from other lands for shelter and timber in New Zealand: eucalypts Auckland, New Zealand Brett Publishing 1927 Book: Supplement to A key to the eucalypts (Blakely, 1934) : covering species described, and changes in nomenclature, since 1934 Blakely, William Faris; Rodger, G.J. Supplement to A key to the eucalypts (Blakely, 1934) : covering species described, and changes in nomenclature, since 1934 Canberra Forestry and Timber Bureau 1953 Book: A critical revision of the genus Eucalyptus Maiden, J. H. A critical revision of the genus Eucalyptus Sydney Government Printer 1903 - 1933 Resource: JSTOR Global Plants JSTOR Global Plants JSTOR 2013

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 Book: A Key to the Eucalypts with descriptions of 522 species and 150 varieties Blakely, W. F. A Key to the Eucalypts with descriptions of 522 species and 150 varieties Canberra Commonwealth Forestry and Timber Bureau 1955 Journal Article: Descriptions of 4 new species and two varieties of eucalyptus Blakely, W. F.; McKie, E. N.; and Steedman, H. Descriptions of 4 new species and two varieties of eucalyptus 1938 Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 63 65-69 Journal Article: Description of 3 new species and 1 variety of eucalyptus of the Elder & Horn expedition Blakely, W. F. Description of 3 new species and 1 variety of eucalyptus of the Elder & Horn expedition 1936 Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 60 153-156 Journal Article: Descriptions of nine new species of Eucalyptus Blakely, W. F. Descriptions of nine new species of Eucalyptus Sydney 1927 Journal and Proceedings of The Royal Society of New South Wales 61 149-178 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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 Resource: Eucalypts Sheppard, H. et al. Eucalypts Australian Government 2007

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 Resource: Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) Australian National Botanic Gardens 2012 Australian Botanists - Biographies Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science Australian Botanists - Biographies MS 064 Hunt Institute Biographies. Short biographies, averaging 2 pages, of Australian botanists, botanical collectors or artists. 0.24 m, 3 boxes Eucalyptus globulus subsp.bicostata (Maiden, Blakely & Simmonds) J.B.Kirkp (1974), Southern Blue Gum, detail of bark Eucalyptus globulus subsp.bicostata (Maiden, Blakely & Simmonds) J.B.Kirkp (1974), Southern Blue Gum, detail of bark 23 January 2013 Gavan McCarthy, Christine Moje, Ailie Smith

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 Eucalyptus globulus subsp.bicostata (Maiden, Blakely & Simmonds) J.B.Kirkp (1974), Southern Blue Gum, detail of leaves Eucalyptus globulus subsp.bicostata (Maiden, Blakely & Simmonds) J.B.Kirkp (1974), Southern Blue Gum, detail of leaves 23 January 2013 Gavan McCarthy, Christine Moje, Ailie Smith Eucalyptus globulus subsp.bicostata (Maiden, Blakely & Simmonds) J.B.Kirkp (1974), Southern Blue Gum Eucalyptus globulus subsp.bicostata (Maiden, Blakely & Simmonds) J.B.Kirkp (1974), Southern Blue Gum 23 January 2013 Gavan McCarthy, Christine Moje, Ailie Smith