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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2013-05-01 human Tom Hyde updated 2025-02-04 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005365b.htm person Beaton Gordon William AACR2 14 June 1911 2 April 1988 Place of Birth Lismore, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Fairhaven, Victoria, Australia Mycologist Gordon Beaton worked as a motor mechanic with J.W. McKenzie Motors, which manufactured military equipment in World War II under his supervision. He gained recognition from the Department of Munitions for his standard of work. In 1958 he moved to Camperdown and established a garage and dealership called "Beaton & Son". Later in life he became interested in photographing plants, particularly fungus. He collected specimens and worked with various academics and naturalists in mycological identification. He wrote thirty-eight papers during 1976-1986, most of which were included in the Transactions of the British Mycological Society, introducing five new genera and forty-eight new species.

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 Beaton, Gordon William (19110614-19880402)

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 'Beaton, Gordon William', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Beaton, Gordon William Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Bibliography of recent taxonomic works on the smaller fungi of the Australasian region: Ascomycetes and Gasteromycetes Crichton, G. A. Bibliography of recent taxonomic works on the smaller fungi of the Australasian region: Ascomycetes and Gasteromycetes 1988 The Victorian naturalist 105 4190-1 Book Section: Beaton, Gordon William (1911-1988), motor mechanic and mycologist May, T. W. Beaton, Gordon William (1911-1988), motor mechanic and mycologist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2007 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 17: 1981 - 1990 A-K Diane Langmore 78