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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created human Helen Cohn updated 2025-05-13 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005556b.htm person Hewson Helen AACR2 26 June 1938 29 October 2007 Place of Birth Benalla, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Botanical artist Botanist Scientific editor Following PhD studies in the bryophyte family Aneuraceae and a number of years teaching at tertiary institutions, Helen Hewson played an integral role in the establishment and development of the Flora of Australia program of the Bureau of Flora and Fauna (later the Australian Biological Resources Study). Initially employed to establish the standards for writing flora treatments, she both wrote and edited entries for the Flora, ultimately becoming Director of the Flora Section of ABRS. Volume 28 of the Flora was dedicated to her. Her Plant indumentum (1988) was published to facilitate consistent application of terms in the descriptions of species in Flora treatments. In her taxonomic research Hewson described one new family, two new genera and many other taxa. She was an accomplished botanical artist, her illustrations being used in many of her publications. Several mosses and other plants were named in her honour. 1967 1967 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Sydney 1981 1991 Career position - Editor and Flora writer, Bureau of Flora and Fauna 1985 1985 Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA), Canberra College of Education 1991 1995 Career position - Director, Flora Section, Australian Biological Resources Study 1995 1997 Career position - Director Botany, Australian National Botanic Gardens and Deputy Director, Plant Biodiversity Centre Research 1997 1997 Life event - Retired

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 'Hewson, Helen', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Hewson, Helen Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Vale Helen Hewson 1938-2007 Wilson, Annette Vale Helen Hewson 1938-2007 2007 Australian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter 133 37-41 Book: Plant indumentum : a handbook of terminology Hewson, Helen; illustrations by Margaret Menadue Plant indumentum : a handbook of terminology Canberra A.G.P.S. 1988 Book: Flower paintings of Ellis Rowan: from the collection of the National Library of Australia, with an introduction by Margaret Hazzard and notes on the flowers by Helen Hewson Rowan, Ellis Flower paintings of Ellis Rowan: from the collection of the National Library of Australia, with an introduction by Margaret Hazzard and notes on the flowers by Helen Hewson Canberra National Library of Australia 1982 Book: Brunonia Australis: Robert Brown and his Contribution to the Botany of Victoria Hewson, Helen J. Brunonia Australis: Robert Brown and his Contribution to the Botany of Victoria Canberra Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research 2002 Journal Article: Justice for Justice Barron Field Hewson, Helen Justice for Justice Barron Field 2005 Telopea 11 1 95-8 Book: Australia: 300 Years of Botanical Illustration Hewson, Helen Australia: 300 Years of Botanical Illustration Melbourne CSIRO Publishing 1999