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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2012-07-23 human Christine Moje updated 2026-03-31 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005231b.htm person Burrow Robert John Gordon AACR2 1877 1957 Place of Birth Albury, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Ryde, New South Wales, Australia Forester Robert Burrow worked for the New South Wales Public Service in 1904 and then for the Forestry Department (later Forestry Commission) until May 1938. He officially retired in 1941 but may have worked on a temporary basis as a forester during 1941, the height of World War II. 1904 1912 Career position - Assistant Forester, Narrabri 1912 1916 Career position - District Forester, Narrabri 1919 1919 Taxonomy event - Acacia burrowii Maiden (1919) was named for Burrow 1935 1938 Career event - Inspector 1938 1941 Career event - Chief Inspector 1941 Life event - Retired Forestry Commission (of New South Wales), State of New South Wales (1916 - 1993) 1904 1941

Assistant Forester and District Forester, later Inspector and Chief Inspector at the Forestry Commission of New South Wales.

 Burrow, Robert John Gordon (1877-19571231)

Trove

 'Burrow, Robert John Gordon', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Burrow, Robert John Gordon Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation 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: Australian Plant Collectors and Illustrators Fagg, Murray Australian Plant Collectors and Illustrators Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria (CHAH) 2010