Jackes, Betsy Rivers (née Paterson)   (1935 - )

[collected as Betsy R. Paterson and Betsy R. Jackes]

Born on 19 March 1935 in Bingara NSW (daughter of Allan and Bessie Paterson);

Betsy completed her BSc in 1957, followed by her MSc in 1959, at the University of New England (UNE) in Armidale, New South Wales.

She won a Fulbright Scholarship to study in the United States and took up a position as a research scholar at the University of Chicago (UC), where she earned her PhD in 1961.

She initially began work as a tutor in botany at UNE in 1957, before taking on the same role at the University of Queensland (UQ) in 1963.

From 1973 through to 2018 she was a lecturer at James Cook University (JCU) in Townsville, Queensland, where she headed the Tropical Plant Sciences Department, and was deputy head of the School of Tropical Biology.

She is the author (or co-author) of many papers, articles, and environmental consultancy reports, and has published a number of books.

She married to E. Machael Jackes (1935-2016) on 22 September 1962, they had 2 children.

Her Career:
- Assistant professor, tutor, U. Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 1962-1963;
- Assistant professor, tutor, James Cook U. North Queensland, Townsville, 1964-1966, 1971-1972;
- Research fellow, James Cook U. North Queensland, Townsville, 1973-1975;
- Lecturer, senior lecturer, professor botany, James Cook U. North Queensland, Townsville, since 1976;
- Dean science, James Cook U. North Queensland, Townsville, 1994-1997;
- Head tropical plant science, James Cook U. North Queensland, Townsville, since 1997.
- State botanist, Queensland, since 1973.

In Australian herbaria her earlier collections are Patterson, B.R. and her later collections are Jackes, B.R. (see both maps below).

Source: Extracted from:
www.womenaustralia.info/entries/jackes-betsy-rivers/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betsy_Rivers_Jackes
https://prabook.com/web/betsy_rivers.jackes/3567822
Portrait Photo: 2009, M.Fagg (ANBG Photo Collection)

Collecting localities for 'Jackes, B.R.' from AVH (2024)

Data from 3,086 specimens

Collecting localities for 'Paterson, B.R.' from AVH (2024)

Data from 942 specimens