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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2012-06-21 human Rebecca Rigby and Neville Walsh updated 2025-10-14 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005164b.htm person Andrews Cecil Rollo Payton AACR2 29 August 1870 14 June 1951 Place of Birth London, Middlesex, England Place of Death Sanderstead, Surrey, England Educator Botanical collector Public servant University Administrator Dr Cecil Rollo Payton Andrews served as Director of Education, West Australian Department of Education from 1903 to 1929, and Pro-Chancellor of the University of Western Australia from 1912 to 1929. He is remembered for his commitment to the modernisation of rural schooling. He was also a collector of botanical specimens. Though his main interest was in the Acacia, he collected other genera including Eriostemon and Pultenaea, and collected and described Eucalyptus diptera. Many of his collections are now in the Western Australian Herbarium. 1896 1900 Career position - Resident Tutor, Battersea Training College, England 1901 1901 Life event - Moved to Perth, Western Australia, to be first principal of the new teachers' training college at Claremont 1901 1903 Career position - Founding Principal of the (Teachers) Training College, Claremont, Western Australia 1903 1929 Career position - Director of Education, West Australian Department of Education 1904 1904 Taxonomy event - Collected and described Eucalyptus diptera C.R.P. Andrews (Two-winged Gimlet) 1904 1905 Career position - President, Western Australian Natural History Society (1904 - 1905) 1912 1929 Career position - Pro-Chancellor, University of Western Australia 1924 1924 Career event - Elected Associate Member (Mental Science and Education), Australian National Research Council 1927 1927 Career event - Elected Member (Mental Health and Education), Australian National Research Council 1929 1929 Life event - Retired, and returned to England Western Australian Natural History Society [II] (1904 - 1909)

President 1904 - 1905

 The University of Western Australia (1911 - )

Pro-Chancellor 1912 - 1929

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

Associate Member (Mental Science and Education) 1924 - 1927; Member (Mental Health and Education) 1927 -

 Western Australian Herbarium, Western Australian Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (1929 - )

Many of Andrews's specimens are now in the Herbarium

Wikidata

 Andrews, Cecil Rollo Payton (18700829-19510614)

Trove

 'Andrews, Cecil Rollo Payton', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Andrews, Cecil Rollo Payton Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Andrews, Cecil Rollo Payton (1870-1951), director of education Mossenson, David Andrews, Cecil Rollo Payton (1870-1951), director of education Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1979 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 7: 1891 - 1939 A-Ch Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 66-67 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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