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Robert Henry Anderson
Robert Henry Anderson (1899-1969) was botanist who in 1945 became the first Australian-born director of the Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney, Royal Botanic Garden in Sydney. He remained director until his retirement in March 1964. Early life Anderson was born in Cooma, New South Wales on 12 March 1899, to Rev. William Addison Smyth Anderson and his wife Jane, née Thompson. He is the brother of Sir William Hewson Anderson. Andserson grew up in Cooma, Bowenfels, New South Wales, Bowenfels, Liverpool, New South Wales, Liverpool and Arncliffe, New South Wales, Arncliffe in New South Wales while his father (an ordained Presbyterian minister) moved from parish to parish. Anderson and his brother were educated at Fort Street High School, Fort Street Boys' High School in Petersham, New South Wales. Writings Anderson is the author of ''Tree Planting on the Farm'' (1931) and ''The Trees of New South Wales'' (1932). Career * Botanical assistant, National Herbarium of New South Wales ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Botanist
Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek word (''botanē'') meaning "pasture", " herbs" "grass", or " fodder"; is in turn derived from (), "to feed" or "to graze". Traditionally, botany has also included the study of fungi and algae by mycologists and phycologists respectively, with the study of these three groups of organisms remaining within the sphere of interest of the International Botanical Congress. Nowadays, botanists (in the strict sense) study approximately 410,000 species of land plants of which some 391,000 species are vascular plants (including approximately 369,000 species of flowering plants), and approximately 20,000 are bryophytes. Botany originated in prehistory as herbalism with the efforts of early humans to identify – and later cultivate – edible, med ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
