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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2017-12-05 human Helen Cohn updated 2023-10-10 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005951b.htm person Womersley John AACR2 1920 2 September 1985 Place of Birth Bristol, United Kingdom Place of Death Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Systematic botanist Botanic gardens director John Womersley was a botanist who for nearly 30 years worked for the Division of Forests in Lae, Papua New Guinea, becoming Assistant Director of the Division. He had an extensive knowledge of the geography and flora of Papua New Guinea and its close neighbours, much of it gained from exploration on foot. He expanded the Lae Herbarium from a few thousand to over 250,000 specimens. At the same time he developed and became Director of the National Botanical Gardens in Lae. Womersley inaugurated the publications program of the Division, notably with the first of the 3-volume Handbooks of the flora of Papua New Guinea (1978). He was particularly interested in showy species with potential for horticultural purposes, especially Rhododendron, Begonia, Hoya and Tecomanthe. Womersley retired to Adelaide where he continued his taxonomic research on Vireya Rhododendrons, undertook consultancies including for FAO in Bangladesh and Cameroon, and led tours focussed on the flora of Papua New Guinea. More that 20 Papuan species were named in his honour. 1930 1930 Life event - Migrated to Australia with his family 1946 1975 Career position - Forest Botanist (later Assistant Director), Division of Botany, Papua New Guinea 1975 1975 Life event - Retired to Adelaide 1984 1984 Career position - President, Royal Society of South Australia Fisher, Robert Hilson (Bob) (1922 - 2007) Womersley, Herbert (1889 - 1962) Royal Society of South Australia (1880 - )

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 Womersley, Hugh Bryan Spencer (Bryan) (1922 - 2011) 'Womersley, John', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Womersley, John Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation