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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created human Helen Cohn updated 2025-04-10 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005678b.htm person Royce Robert Dunlop AACR2 14 March 1914 10 July 2008 Place of Birth Perth, Western Australia, Australia Place of Death Perth, Western Australia, Australia Botanist Science administrator Bob Royce joined the staff of the Western Australian Herbarium in 1944 after seven years with the State's Department of Agriculture. He became Curator of the Herbarium in 1960. During his tenure he oversaw the building of Western Australia's first specially-designed herbarium building. Royce was particularly interested in the application of botany to agriculture and undertook significant research into toxic plants. Much of this work was published in the Western Australian Journal of Agriculture. He made substantial collections of Western Australian plants: these specimens (over 12,000) are now in the Western Australian Herbarium. The genus Roycea C. Gardner (Chenopodiaceae) was named in his honour. 1944 1960 Career position - Botanist, Western Australian Herbarium 1948 1948 Taxonomy event - Roycea C.A. Gardner was named in his honour 1955 1957 Career position - President, Western Australian Naturalists Society July 1960 January 1975 Career position - Curator, Western Australian Herbarium Western Australian Herbarium, Western Australian Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (1929 - )

Curator July 1960 - January 1975; the Herbarium holds over 12,000 of Royce's specimens

 Western Australian Naturalists Club (1924 - )

President 1955 - 1957

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 'Royce, Robert Dunlop (Bob)', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Royce, Robert Dunlop (Bob) Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation