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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2024-04-30 human Helen Cohn updated 2026-03-31 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007373b.htm person Anderson Robert Henry AACR2 12 March 1899 17 August 1969 Place of Birth Cooma, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia Botanic gardens director Botanist Robert Anderson was a botanist who joined the National Herbarium of New South Wales in 1921. Much of his early work involved providing routine plant identifications and advice to farmers. In 1945 he was appointed both Chief Botanist and Curator of the Herbarium and Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney. This situation was made difficult by the rigid administrative and financial separation of the two institutions, even though they situated together. Anderson built up the staff of the Herbarium, including the appointment of a field collector, and started the Herbarium's first scientific journal, Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium. He also stemmed the decline of the Gardens. Anderson's taxonomic research was mostly on the family Chenopodiaceae. His collections are in the Herbarium. 1921 1936 Career position - Botanical assistant, National Herbarium of New South Wales 1925 1966 Career position - Lecturer in forestry, University of Sydney 1936 1945 Career position - Botanist and Curator, National Herbarium of New South Wales 1940 1941 Career position - President, Linnean Society of New South Wales 1945 1960 Career position - Director, Royal Botanic Gardens of New South Wales 1945 1960 Career position - Chief Botanist and Curator, National Herbarium of New South Wales 1960 1964 Career position - Director and Chief Botanist, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney 1966 1969 Award - Honorary Fellow, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science 1966 1969 Career position - Honorary Secretary, Linnean Society of New South Wales Royal Botanic Garden Sydney, Colony and State of New South Wales (1816 - )

Director 1945 - 1960; Director and Chief Botanist 1960 - 1966

 National Herbarium of New South Wales, Colony and State of New South Wales (1896 - )

Chief Botanist and Curator 1945 - 1960; Anderson's collections are in the Herbarium

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

Honorary Fellow 1966 - 1969

 Linnean Society of New South Wales (1874 - )

President 1940 - 1941; Honorary Secretary 1966 - 1969

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