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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created human Helen Cohn updated 2025-11-20 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005525b.htm person Wilson Francis Robert Muter AACR2 15 March 1832 9 June 1903 Place of Birth Low Waters, Lanarkshire, Scotland Place of Death Canterbury, Victoria, Australia Lichenologist Minister of religion Francis Wilson, having completed his theology course in 1856, migrated to Victoria and was called to minister successively to the Presbyterian congregations at Camperdown and Kew. His interest in lichens developed during a visit to Scotland in 1884. On returning to Melbourne he became one of the leading lichenologists in Australia, spending the next ten years collecting widely in eastern Australia and nearby Pacific islands. In the course of identifying and publishing papers about his collections, Wilson established working relationships with other Australian lichenologists (Flora Martin, John Shirley and Daniel Sullivan), Charles Knight in New Zealand, and Jean Müller in Geneva. Müller described over 200 new species from Wilson's collections. Wilson sold approximately 20,000 specimens to the New South Wales Government; these are now in the New South Wales National Herbarium. Wilson's widow sold a further 5,000 specimens to the National Herbarium of Victoria, most of which were lost en route to Italy for identification. 1857 1857 Life event - Migrated to Victoria 1877 1877 Career position - Minister, Presbyterian Church, Kew 1887 1887 Career position - Member, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria 1897 1897 Life event - Retired from the ministry National Herbarium of New South Wales, Colony and State of New South Wales (1896 - )

Approximately 20,000 specimens were purchased from Wilson

 National Herbarium of Victoria (1896 - )

5,000 specimens were acquired from his widow in 1906

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 Wilson, Francis Robert Muter (18320315-19030609)

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 'Wilson, Francis Robert Muter', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Wilson, Francis Robert Muter Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Francis Robert Muter Wilson: pioneer Australian lichenologist Ralston, Kathleen Francis Robert Muter Wilson: pioneer Australian lichenologist 2001 Bibliotheca lichenologica 78 369-88 Journal Article: Records of Victorian Botanists Maiden, J. H. Records of Victorian Botanists 1908 The Victorian naturalist 25 101-117 Journal Article: Botanical pioneers in Victoria - II Willis, J. H. Botanical pioneers in Victoria - II 1949 Victorian Naturalist 66 6 103-9