P005335 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

All key entry types: Awards; Concepts; Corporate Bodies (Organisations); Cultural Artefacts; People; etc

These key entries are listed separately below with other indexes and lists.

 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2013-03-13 human Christine Moje and Helen Cohn updated 2026-05-21 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005335b.htm person George Alexander Segger AM AACR2 4 April 1939 Place of Birth Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia Botanist Taxonomist Alex George is one of Australia's foremost taxonomic botanists. He is noted as an authority of the genus Banksia (family Proteaceae). With botanical artist Celia Rosser he published a 3-volume work illustrating all known species of the genus. George has published extensively on other proteaceous genera (particularly Dryandra and Synaphea), and genera from the family Myrtaceae (Eucalyptus, Angophora, Corymbia, Verticordia and Calothamnus. He was a member of staff of the Western Australian Herbarium from 1959 to 1981, when he became the first Executive Editor of the Flora of Australia. His collections, over 18,000 specimens particularly of Western Australian species, are in the Western Australian Herbarium. He has contributed significantly to international botany through his participation in organisations such as the Species Plantarum: Flora of the World project and the International Organisation for Plant Information. 1959 1959 Career position - Laboratory Assistant, Western Australia Herbarium 1963 1963 Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA), University of Western Australia 1963 1981 Career position - Botanist, Western Australian Herbarium 1967 1969 Career event - Australian Botanical Liaison Officer, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 1969 1971 Career position - Editor, Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 1970 1981 Career position - Editor, Nuytsia 1973 1979 Career position - Member of Council, Australian Systematic Botany Society 1978 1980 Career position - Editor, Australian Systematic Botany Society newsletter 1981 1993 Career event - Inaugural and Executive Editor, Flora of Australia Project 1991 1997 Career event - Council Secretary, International Organisation for Plant Information 1993 2009 Career event - Honorary Research Associate, Western Australian Herbarium 1994 Career position - Adjunct Associate Professor, Murdoch University 1996 1998 Career event - Junior Vice-President, Royal Society of Western Australia 1998 2000 Career event - Senior Vice-President, Royal Society of Western Australia 1999 Career event - Member of Steering Committee, Species Plantarum: Flora of the World project 2000 2000 Award - Serventy Memorial Lecturer, Western Australian Naturalists Society 2000 2001 Career position - President, Royal Society of Western Australia 2000 2001 Career event - President, Royal Society of Western Australia 2003 Career event - Committee Member, Kew Guild Council 2004 2004 Award - Nancy T. Burbidge Medal, Australian Systematic Botany Society 2004 2005 Career event - Australian Botanical Liaison Officer, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 2009 2009 Award - DSc honoris causa, Murdoch University 2010 2012 Career event - President, Kew Guild Council 2012 2012 Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) - for service to conservation and the environment as a botanist, historian and author, particularly in the area of Australian flora, and through roles with national and international professional organisations 2015 2015 Award - Wildflower Society of Western Australia Medal 2020 2021 Career position - Associate Editor, Australasian Systematic Botany Society newsletter 2024 Award - Honorary Member, Australasian Systematic Botany Society Murdoch University (1973 - )

Adjunct Associate Professor 1994 -

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

Botanist 1963 - 1981; Honorary Research Associate 1993 - 2009; the Herbarium holds over 18,000 of George's specimens

 Royal Society of Western Australia (1914 - )

President, 2000 - 2001; Senior Vice-President, 1998 - 2000; Junior Vice-President, 1996 - 1998

 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (1759 - )

Australian Botanical Liaison Officer, 1967-1969 and 2004-2005

 Western Australian Wildflower Society (Inc.) (1964 - 1990)

Awarded the Society's Medal 2015

 Nancy T. Burbidge Medal, Australasian Systematic Botany Society (2001 - )

Awarded the Medal 2004

 Australian Systematic Botany Society newsletter (1974 - )

Editor 1978 - 1980; Associate Editor 2020 - 2021

 Nuytsia (1970 - )

Editor 1970 - 1981

 Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia (1914 - )

Editor 1969 - 1971

 Australian Systematic Botany Society Inc (1973 - 2011)

Member of Council 1973 - 1979

 Western Australian Naturalists Club (1924 - )

Serventy Memorial Lecturer 2000

 Australasian Systematic Botany Society (2011 - )

Honorary Member 2024 -

 George, Elizabeth (1935 - 2012) George, Alex S (19390404-)

Trove

 'George, Alexander Segger', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology George, Alexander Segger Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Edited Book: Flora of Australia [various] Flora of Australia [various] 1981 Book Section: A History of Systematic Botany in Australia George, A.S.; McCusker, A.; and Orchard, A.E. A History of Systematic Botany in Australia 2nd ABRS & CSIRO Publishing 1999 Flora of Australia, Volume 1: Introduction Orchard, Anthony E. & Thompson, Helen E. Conference Paper: History is Now George, A.S. History is Now Melbourne Australian Systematic Botany Society 1990 History of Systematic Botany in Australasia: Proceedings of a Symposium Held at the University of Melbourne, 25-27 May 1988 Short, P.S. 317-318 Review: Standing on shoulders George, Alex Standing on shoulders 2016 Australasian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter 167 51-6 Review: Another biography of a major Australian plant collector: Augustus Oldfield George, Alex Another biography of a major Australian plant collector: Augustus Oldfield 2018 Australasian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter 177 58-61 Review: The mountain building continues: the Orchards' Allan Cunningham saga George, Alex The mountain building continues: the Orchards' Allan Cunningham saga 2018 Australasian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter 177 55-8 Book: Australian botanist's companion George, Alex S. Australian botanist's companion Kardinya, W.A. Four Gables Press 2009 Journal Article: The plants seen and collected in north-western Australia by William Dampier George, A. S. The plants seen and collected in north-western Australia by William Dampier 1971 Western Australian Naturalist 11 173-8 Journal Article: Margaret Corrick 11 October 1922 to 12 August 2020 George, Alex; with assistance from Walsh, Neville Margaret Corrick 11 October 1922 to 12 August 2020 2021 Australasian Systematic Botany Society newsletter 186 34-5 Journal Article: Alison McCusker and the Flora of Australia George, Alex Alison McCusker and the Flora of Australia 2015 Australasian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter 165 62-4 Review: Allan Cunningham's Tasmanian Explorations and Collections George, Alex Allan Cunningham's Tasmanian Explorations and Collections 2014 Australasian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter 160 29-31 Journal Article: Another example of illustrating an unillustrated work: Bentham's Flora australiensis George, Alex Another example of illustrating an unillustrated work: Bentham's Flora australiensis 2006 Archives of Natural History 33 2 351-3 Journal Article: Eucalyptus Cigars, Ferdinand Mueller and Prosper Vincent Ramel George, Alex S. Eucalyptus Cigars, Ferdinand Mueller and Prosper Vincent Ramel 2012 Archives of Natural History 39 347-9 Book: A Banksia Album: Two Hundred Years of Botanical Art George, Alex S. A Banksia Album: Two Hundred Years of Botanical Art Canberra National Library of Australia 2012 Journal Article: Australian Type Material in the Economic Botany Collection, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew George, Alex S. Australian Type Material in the Economic Botany Collection, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 2010 Muelleria 28 2 163-71 Review: The big book on the Bauers George, Alex The big book on the Bauers 2016 Australasian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter 167 38-47 Book: Georgiana Leake's Wildflower Album: Western Australia's First Botanical Artist Love, Margaret J.; Sherwood, Bryan R.; and George, Alex S. Georgiana Leake's Wildflower Album: Western Australia's First Botanical Artist Perth Royal Society of Western Australia 2010 Journal Article: The indefatigable botanist: Paul Graham Wilson (January 1928 - July 2024) Lepschi, Brendan, Maslin, Bruce, Barker, William (Bill) R., Wilson, Annette J. G., George, Alex and Wilson, Margaret A. The indefatigable botanist: Paul Graham Wilson (January 1928 - July 2024) 2024 Australasian Systematic Botany Society newsletter 201 6-31 Edited Book: The Australian Botanical Liaison Officer scheme at Kew, 1937 - 2009 George, Alex The Australian Botanical Liaison Officer scheme at Kew, 1937 - 2009 Kardinya, W.A Four Gables Press. 2023 Edited Book: Peter Good: Kew's gardener with Matthew Flinders on HMS Investigator, 1801 - 1803 George, Alex S.; and Moore, David T. Peter Good: Kew's gardener with Matthew Flinders on HMS Investigator, 1801 - 1803 Kardinya, W.A. Four Gables Press 2022 Book: The banksias Rosser, Celia E.; and George, Alexander S. The banksias London Academic Press 1981-2000 Journal Article: Brian John Grieve [1907 - 1997] George, A. S. Brian John Grieve [1907 - 1997] 1997 Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 80 4 289-90 Book: Capturing flora: 300 years of Australian botanical art Morrison, Gordon and George, Alex [et al.] Capturing flora: 300 years of Australian botanical art Ballarat, Vic. Art Gallery of Ballarat 2012 Review: Archives of Natural History Mabberley, David J. 2024 Archives of Natural History 51 2 453-4 Book: William Dampier in New Holland: Australia's First Natural Historian George, Alex S. William Dampier in New Holland: Australia's First Natural Historian Hawthorn, Victoria Blooming Books 1999 Book Section: Flora George, Alex and McCusker, Alison Flora Broadway Fairfax, Syme & Weldon Associates 1987 Australians, a Guide to Sources D. H. Borchardt and Victor Crittenden 94-103 Review: Yet more Banks George, Alex Yet more Banks 2021 Australasian Systematic Botany Society newsletter 186 24-6 Journal Article: William Dampier as a natural historian George, Alex William Dampier as a natural historian 2015 The Great Circle: Journal of the Australian Association for Maritime History 37 1 36-52 Review: Onward and upward George, Alex Onward and upward 2020 Australasian Systematic Botany Society newsletter 185 53-4 Journal Article: Nancy Tyson Burbidge - a Centenary George, Alex Nancy Tyson Burbidge - a Centenary 2013 Australasian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter 152 2-3 Review: Further insights into the life and art of Ferdinand Bauer George, Alex Further insights into the life and art of Ferdinand Bauer 2017 Australasian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter 173 42-4 Journal Article: New Life Members of ASBS: Alexander S. George and Ann M. Munro Nargar, Katharina New Life Members of ASBS: Alexander S. George and Ann M. Munro 2024 Australasian Systematic Botany Society newsletter 197/8 3-5 Journal Article: Alex George, Associate Editor Anon Alex George, Associate Editor 2020 Australasian Systematic Botany Society newsletter 182/3 4 Resource: Australian Plant Collectors and Illustrators Fagg, Murray Australian Plant Collectors and Illustrators Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria (CHAH) 2010