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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2019-02-12 human Helen Cohn updated 2026-05-21 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006263b.htm person Grieve Brian John AACR2 15 August 1907 5 September 1997 Place of Birth Allans Flat, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Perth, Western Australia, Australia Botanist Brian Grieve was the first Professor of Botany appointed to the University of Western Australia. His research interests in botany focused particularly on mycological physiology, ecophysiology of sclerophyll forests and biosystematics. Grieve is widely known as half of "Blackall and Grieve", the multi-volume How to know Western Australian wildflowers, to which over a period of 50 years he contributed nine volumes after William Blackall's death in 1941 1929 1929 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc(Hons)), University of Melbourne 1930 1930 Award - 1851 Exhibition Overseas Scholarship 1931 1931 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of London 1931 1947 Career position - Lecturer (later Senior Lecturer) in Botany, University of Melbourne 1939 1940 Military service - Second World War. Lieutenant Commander, Royal Australian Navy 1939 1997 Award - Fellow, Linnean Society, London 1943 1943 Award - David Syme Research Prize (jointly), University of Melbourne 1947 1957 Career position - Head, Department of Botany, University of Western Australia 1948 1975 Career position - Member, Royal Society of Western Australia 1951 1951 Career position - President, Section M, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science 1952 1953 Career position - President, Royal Society of Western Australia 1954 1972 Career position - Dean, Faculty of Science, University of Western Australia 1956 1956 Award - Fulbright Fellowship 1957 1972 Career position - Professor of Botany, University of Western Australia 1959 1978 Career position - Member of the Board, Kings Park and Botanic Garden, Perth 1966 1997 Award - Fellow, Institution of Biology, London 1970 1971 Career position - President, Royal Society of Western Australia 1975 1977 Award - Honorary Life Member, Royal Society of Western Australia 1979 1979 Award - Medal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 1988 1988 Award - Australian Plants Award, Society for Growing Australian Plants Royal Society of Western Australia (1914 - )

President 1952 - 1953 and 1970 - 1971; Honorary Life Member, 1975 - 1997

 Kings Park and Botanic Garden (1872 - )

Member of the Board 1959 - 1978

 Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS) (1930 - )

President, Section M 1951

 The University of Western Australia (1911 - )

Head, Department of Botany 1947 - 1957; Professor of Botany 1957 - 1972; Dean, Faculty of Science 1954 - 1955

 Medal of the Royal Society of Western Australia (1924 - )

Awarded the Medal 1979

 David Syme Research Prize, The University of Melbourne (1904 - )

Awarded the Prize (jointly) 1943

 1851 Exhibition Scholarship Awards, Australia (1891 - )

1851 Exhibition Overseas Scholarship: 1930.

 Blackall, William Edward (1876 - 1941)

completed Blackall's work on the Western Australian flora for publication as How to know Western Australian wildflowers

 'Grieve, Brian John', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Grieve, Brian John Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: How to know Western Australian wildflowers: a key to the flora of the temperate regions of Western Australia Blackall, William E. and Grieve, Brian J. How to know Western Australian wildflowers: a key to the flora of the temperate regions of Western Australia Perth University of Western Australia Press 1954-1963 Journal Article: Botany in Western Australia: a survey of progress: 1900 - 1971: Presidential address 1971 Grieve, Brian J. Botany in Western Australia: a survey of progress: 1900 - 1971: Presidential address 1971 1975 Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 33-53 58 2 33-53 Book Section: Blackall, William Edward (1876-1941), medical practitioner and botanist Grieve, B. J. Blackall, William Edward (1876-1941), medical practitioner and botanist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1979 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 7: 1891 - 1939 A-Ch Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 307 CD Rom: Plant Life of Western Australia: South of the Tropics (a translation by B.J. Grieve, B.B. Lamont and E.O. Hellmuth, edited by N. Gibson) Diels, Ludwig Plant Life of Western Australia: South of the Tropics (a translation by B.J. Grieve, B.B. Lamont and E.O. Hellmuth, edited by N. Gibson) Perth [s.n.] 2003 Resource: A6769 Service Cards for Navy Officers, 1911-1970 CA 38, Navy Office [IV], Department of the Navy [II]; CA 46, Department of Defence [III], Central Office A6769 Service Cards for Navy Officers, 1911-1970 National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch Journal Article: Royal Society Medallists, 1979 Anon Royal Society Medallists, 1979 1980 Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 63 1 29-31 Journal Article: Emeritus Professor Brian Grieve, 1907 - 1997 Atkins, Craig Emeritus Professor Brian Grieve, 1907 - 1997 1997 Australian Systematic Botany Society newsletter 93 44-7 Journal Article: Brian John Grieve [1907 - 1997] George, A. S. Brian John Grieve [1907 - 1997] 1997 Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 80 4 289-90