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 1700s – 2000

Based on the list  published by J.H. Willis, D. Pearson, M.T. Davis, and J.W. Green, Western Australian Herbarium Research Notes Number 12, August 1986.
Enhanced with information from George, A.S. (2009) Australian Botanist's Companion, Four Gables Press, WA.

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SAHNI, Birbal

1891-1949

Palaeobotanist

 

 

SAINT VINCENT, Jean-Baptiste Bory de

1778-1846

Artist, explorer, illustrated algae, France

 

 

SAINTY, Geoffrey Richard

1934-2022

Wetland ecologist, author, water-plants, NSW

notes

portrait

SALASOO, Hugo

1901-1991

Doctor of Pharmacy, herbal medicine, plant collector, Estonia, NSW

notes

portrait

SALKIN, Alf

1923-2005

Teacher, banksia collector, Cranbourne, VIC

notes

portrait

SALMON, Miss

fl. 1869

Collected for Mueller in northern Yorke Peninsula, SA

 

 

SALTER, Arthur

fl. 1980s

Photographer, naturalist

 

 

SALTER, Barbara

1922-

Naturalist

 

 

SAMMY, Nathan

1945-1998

Malaysian-born lichenologist, theatre director, Hamersley, WA, NT

notes

portrait

SANDERSON, Keith Douglas*

1944-

Forester

 

 

SANDILANDS, F. L., see ERICKSON

 

 

 

 

SANDVED, Kjell B.

fl. 1970s-80s

Botanical photographer (USA)

 

 

SANFORD, Henry Ayshford

fl.1850-80s

Brother of William, collected WA

 

 

SANFORD, William Ayshford

1818-1902

Phycologist, Colonial Secretary, collected WA

 

 

SANKOWSKY, Garry

fl. 1970s-2000s

Photographer, garden, butterflies, tropical plants, QLD

notes

portrait

SANSOM, Francis

fl. 1780s-1815

Botanical engraver, UK

notes

 

SANULZEN

 

 

 

 

SARGENT, Oswald Hewlett

1880-1952

Pharmaceutical chemist, naturalist, WA

notes

 

SATTERTHWAIT, Donna Ruth Fields, Dr

1948-

Paleo-botanist, born USA, in Aust 1981-82, Griffith Uni, QLD

notes

portrait

SAUL, Margaret A.

1951-

Botanical artist, Brisbane, Italy, Canberra, QLD, ACT

notes

 

SAUVAGE, C. G.

fl. 1800-1820

Botanical artist, Paris, France

notes

 

SAVAGE, H.

 

 

 

 

SAWITSKY, R. M., see RICHARDSON

 

 

 

 

SAWYER, William Collinson, Rt Rev.

1831-1868

Bishop of Grafton and Armidale, NSW

 

 

SAYER, Victor

fl.1887-89

Collected in Victoria, VIC

 

 

SAYER, William A.

fl.1886-97

Naturalist, plant collector for Mueller in north QLD, PNG

notes

 

SCAMMELL, George V.

fl.1920s-40s

Orchid illustrator

 

portrait

SCARLETT, Cheryl

 

Algae and lichen collector

 

 

SCARLETT, Neville Harry*

1944-2022

Botanist, ecologist, conservationist, La Trobe University, VIC

notes

portrait

SCARTH-JOHNSON, Vera, Mrs

1912-1999

Flower painter, botanical illustrator, QLD

notes

portrait

SCHAUINSLAND, Hugo Hermann

1857-1937

German, Dir. Bremen Museum, Aust. 1896-97, coll. NSW

 

 

SCHIPP, William A.

1891-1967

 

 

 

SCHLIPALIUS, Carl Gustav [later anglicised to Charles Gustave]

1824-1897

Employed Melb Bot. Gdns. 1850-91, VIC

 

portrait

SCHLIPALIUS, Charles Leopold

1848-1927

Employed Melb Bot. Gdns., VIC

notes

 

SCHMIDT, Capt.

fl. 1900

 

 

 

SCHNEIDER, E.

fl.1870-71

Collected at Tambo, Barcoo River, QLD

 

 

SCHNEIDER, Henry, later CARLTON

fl.1891-1917

 

 

 

SCHOCK, Frederick Michael Christian

c.1871-1923

Forrester, seed collector, WA

notes

 

SCHODDE, Richard (Dick)

1936-

Botanist, zoologist, CSIRO, birds, SA, PNG, ACT

notes

portrait

SCHOENFELD, Freiderich

c.1810-1868

Botanical artist, worked for Mueller, lithographer, VIC

notes

 

SCHOENFELD, Frederick

c.1810-1868

Botanical artist for Mueller, VIC

 

 

SCHOFIELD, J. F.

fl.1880s

Collected Uralla region, NSW

 

 

SCHOFIELD, Wilfred Borden

1927-2008

Canadian bryophyte botanist, collected Aust 1983

notes

portrait

SCHOMBURGK, Richard Moritz von, Sir

1811-1890

Gardens Director, author, Adelaide, SA

notes

portrait

SCHORTECHINI, Benedictto [Benedetto], Rev.

1845-1886

Botanist, Italy, in Aust from 1871, QLD

notes

portrait

SCHROEDER, Rudolf

f.1880s

Collected River Murray

 

 

SCHUBERT, P. H.

fl. 1940s

 

 

 

SCHULTZ, F. R.

 

 

 

 

SCHULTZ, M., Rev.

fl. 1860s

Missionary, Port Darwin, NT

notes

 

SCHULTZE, Frederick

fl.1869

Botanist, ith G.Goyder's expedition to NT

 

 

SCHULZE, L.

fl. 1870s

 

 

 

SCHULZEN, Ludwig Wilhelm

1820-1881

Medical doctor, botanist, SA, VIC, NSW

notes

 

SCHUSTER, Robert

fl. 1875

 

 

 

SCHUSTER, Tanja

fl. 2013

Research Fellow in Plant Systematics, Melb Uni, VIC

 

 

SCHUURMAN, Jan Albert

1888-

Diplomat (Nlds), Education Chief (Indonesia)

 

 

SCHWARZ, Eduard

fl.1850s

Austrian ships doctor, visited NZ and Aust. on the 'Novara' expedition 1858, NSW

notes

 

SCHWARZ, W. F., Rev.

fl. 1888

Missionary

 

 

SCORTECHINI, Benedictto [Benedetto], Rev.

1845-1886

Botanist, Italy, in Aust from 1871, QLD

notes

portrait

SCOTT, Dunkinfield Henry, Prof.

1854-1934

Palaeobotanist

 

 

SCOTT, E. O. E.

 

 

 

 

SCOTT, George Anderson Macdonald

1933-1998

Scottish-born botanist, bryologist, Aust (Monash) from 1970, UK, NZ, VIC

notes

portrait

SCOTT, Harriet (later Mrs MORGAN)

1830-1907

Biological artist, collected for Mueller in NSW, QLD

notes

portrait

SCOTT, Helena   (later Mrs FORDE)

1832-1910

Biological artist, collected for Mueller in NSW

notes

portrait

SCOTT, J. I. M.

fl. 1906-15

 

 

 

SCOTT, J. W.

fl. 1826-31

Gardener, seedsman

 

 

SCOTT. James, Dr

1790-1837

Physician, surgeon

 

 

SCOTT, James Reid

1839-1877

Politician, botanist

 

 

SCOTT, Margaret Cochrane

1825-1919

English-born wildflower painter, in Aust from 1853, SA

notes

 

SCOTT, Thomas, ?Dr

1800-1855

 

 

 

SCRYMGEOUR, E. M., see BENNETT

1942-

Herbarium botanist, lecturer, author, WA

notes

portrait

SEALEY, Edmund Grey

fl.c.1823-64

 

 

 

SEARLE, James

-1947

Naturalist

 

 

SEAWARD, Mark Richard David, Dr*

1938-

Botanist, lichenologist

 

 

SEE, Ann

fl. 1980s

Bryologist

 

 

SEEMANN, Berthold Carl

1825-1871

German-British botanist explorer, author, Pacific Islands

notes

portrait

SELK, Grosvenor

fl.1966-79

Kings Park Herbarium Curator and Volunteer, WA

notes

 

SELKIRK, Patricia Margaret (née Connell)

1942-

University botanist, bryologist, (Macquarie), NSW, VIC

notes

portrait

SELLIER, Sohn Louis

1757-c.1835

Botanical engraver, Paris, France

notes

 

SELKIRK, Andrew Brickell

1912-

Forester

 

 

SELLING, Olof H.

fl. 1950

Palaeobotanist

 

 

SELWYN, Arthur Richard Cecil

1824-1902

Geologist, Director of Geological Survey

 

 

SEMMENS, Edwin James

1886-1981

Teacher, botanist, councillor

 

 

SEMPER, Carl Gottfried [Franz Wilhelm Stever DIETRICH]

1789-1844

Botanist

 

 

SEPPELT, Roderick David

1945-

Bryologist, lichenologist, Adelaide, Melbourne Antarctic, SA, VIC, TAS

notes

portrait

SERVENTY, Dominic Louis, Dr

1904-1988

Zoologist, fish, birds, CSIRO, writer, NSW, WA

 

 

SERVENTY, Vincent Noel

1916-2007

Naturalist, author, photographer, broadcaster, WA

 

portrait

SEUR, Julie G., Mrs

1918-

Botanical assistant

 

 

SEVE, Jacques Eustache de

1742-early 1800s

Botanical artist, Paris, France

notes

 

SEVEREYNS, Guillaume

fl.1895

Engraver, chromolithographer, Belgium

 

 

SEWARD, Albert C., Sir

1863-1941

Palaeobotanist

 

 

SEWARD, Andrew

1967-

Botanical artist, Pencil and watercolor, VIC

notes

portrait

SEWELL, Geraldine, Miss

1861-1900

Collected for Mueller in WA

notes

 

SEWELL, Julia, Miss

1847-1914

Collected for Mueller in WA

notes

 

SEWELL, Maud,   (later Mrs SKEWES)

1875-1955

Collected for Mueller in WA

notes

 

SHANLEY, S.

 

 

 

 

SHANN, William

fl.1880

 

 

 

SHAPCOTT, Alison

1990s-2000s

Rainforest ecologist, population geneticist, TAS, QLD

notes

portrait

SHARLAND, Frances Sara, Mrs,

1813-1859

Algal collector

 

 

SHARLAND, Frederick Burnett, Rev.

1846-1934

Anglican clergyman

 

 

SHARPE, Philip Ridley

1915-

Queensland Herbarium technical aide, Cyperaceae specialist, QLD

notes

portrait

SHARR, Francis Aubie (Ali)

1914-2002

English-born WA librarian, author, WA

notes

portrait

SHAW, Dorothy E., Dr

1920-2007

Plant pathologist, PNG, QLD

 

 

SHAW, Elizabeth Anne (Betsy)

1938-2024

Botanist, post-grad at Adelaide 1960s from USA, Brassicaceae, SA

notes

portrait

SHAW, H.K.A., see AIRY SHAW

 

 

 

 

SHELDON, J. J.

fl.1937

 

 

 

SHEPHERD, Clifford Jack

1921-1988

Fungal pathologist, UK,Rhodesia, in Aust from 1958, author, ACT

notes

 

SHEPHERD, Frank MacPherson

1922 – 2004

Radio engineer, ABC, Ranunculus collector, NSW

notes

portrait

SHEPHERD, Patrick Lindsay Crawford

1831-1903

Seed merchant, politician, writer, NSW

notes

 

SHEPHERT, Richard

1825-1885

Artist for Mueller, esp. plant fossils, VIC

 

 

SHEPHERD, Scorseby Arthur

1935-

Botanist, phycologist

 

portrait

SHEPHERD, Rosamond Charmian Hollis (Ros)

1940-

Weed ecologist, photographer, author, VIC

notes

portrait

SHEPHERD, Thomas

1779?-1835

Nurseryman, lecturer, writer, NSW

notes

 

SHEPHERD, Thomas William

1824-1884

Nurseryman, writer, plant collector, NSW

notes

 

SHEPLEY, E.R., see GREEN

 

 

 

 

SHERKAN, Albert

 

Painter

 

 

SHERRIN, T. V.

fl. 1920s

 

 

 

SHIELS, Marjorie Isabel, (née COLLINS)

1895-1970

Botanist, ecologist

 

 

SHIPTON, Warren A., Dr

 

Botanist

 

 

SHIRESS, David William Campbell

c.1862-1944

Accountant, amateur botanist, NSW

notes

 

SHIRLEY, John Francis

1849-1922

Teacher, Schools Inspector, lichen & fossil collector, QLD

notes

portrait

SHIVAS, Roger Graham

1956-

Mycologist, pathologist, collected fungi all Aust., QLD, WA

 

 

SHOOBRlDGE, David William*

1913-2000

Forester, parks & gardens director, TAS, ACT

notes

portrait

SHORT, Philip Sydney *

1955-

Herbarium botanist, ABLO, Asteraceae, VIC, NT, SA

notes

portrait

SHORT, Robyn Mary, see BARKER

 

 

 

 

SHORT, Thomas Kier

fl. 1838

 

 

 

SIBELIUS

fl. 1780s

Botanical engraver

 

 

SIEBER, Franz Wilhelm, Dr [?SIEBER, Franz Xavier]

1789-1844

Czech professional plant collector, in Aust c.1823, NSW

notes

 

SIEGERT, R.

 

 

 

 

SIEMSSEN, G. Theodor

fl.1839-80s

German merchant, plant collector, in Aust c.1838-39, NSW, SA

notes

portrait

SIKKES, Alex J.A.

fl.1972-74

Botanical officer, collector, Canberra Botanic Gardens Herbarium, ACT

notes

portrait

SILCOCK, Jennifer Lesley

fl.2010s

Ecologist inland eastern Australia, plant collector, QLD

notes

 

SIM, A. Miss

fl.1894-96

Collected for Mueller near Loddon R., Vic.

 

 

SIMMONDS, John Howard, Jnr

?-1955

Stomemason, collected around Brisbane 1887-92, QLD

 

 

SIMMONDS, Joseph Henry, Rev.

1845-1936

Methodist minister, eucalyptologist, NZ, Fiji, TAS

notes

 

SIMMONS, Dianne Margaret, Dr*

1949-

Botanist

 

 

SIMMONS, Henry George

1889-1974

Rockhampton Botanic Gardens curator, QLD

notes

portrait

SIMMONS, John Grant*

1925-

Natural historian, photographer

 

 

SIMMONS, Marion Helen, Mrs*

1927-

Natural historian, illustrator

 

 

SIMMONS, Richard J.

1862-1940

Rockhampton Botanic Gardens curator, QLD

notes

portrait

SIMON, Bryan Kenneth*

1943-2015

Herbarium botanist, grass specialist, S.Africa, QLD

notes

portrait

SIMON, Jean

?1675-1751

Botanical engraver, London, UK

notes

 

SIMPFENDORFER, Kenneth J.

1922-1985

Forester, author

 

 

SIMPSON, George

 

 

 

 

SIMPSON, M. J. A.

fl.1960s-70s

 

 

 

SIMS, H. J.

fl. 1950s

Ecologist

 

 

SIMSON, Augustus

1836-1918

Share broker, naturalist, plant collector, TAS

notes

portrait

SINCLAIR, Andrew

c.1796-1816

Surgeon

 

 

SINCLAIR, James

1809-1881

Landscape gardener, artist

 

 

SINGLETON, J. L.

 

 

 

 

SINGLETON, Owen

 

Ecologist

 

 

SINGLETON, Owen

 

Geologist

 

 

SINKORA, Doris Martha, Mrs

1927-

Phycologist, translator

 

 

SINNOTT, Nigel Hugh*

1944-

mycologist

 

 

SKERTCHLY, Sydney Barber Jostah

1850-1926

Geologist, botanist

 

 

SKEWES, C. I., Miss, see MUNTZ

 

 

 

 

SKEWES, Maud,   (née SEWELL) [joint collections labelled G. Sewell]

fl.1890-92

Collected for Mueller in WA

notes

 

SKOTTSBERG, Carl, Prof.

1880-1963

Botanist

 

 

SKUSE, F. A. A.

 

 

 

 

SLATER, Ederic (Ed)

1923-2017

Photographer, Aust wildlife, trees, CSIRO (1955-83), Canberra, ACT

 

 

SLATER, Eliza,   (née WIMSTON)

1829-1895

Collected for Mueller in QLD

notes

 

SLATER, Ernest William

fl.1930s

Collector of orchid Rhizanthella slateri

 

portrait

SLATTER, John Whewell

1829-1896

 

 

 

SLEE, Andrew Vernon

1950–2022

Herbarium botanist, eucalyptologist, Euclid, CSIRO, Canberra, ACT

 

portrait

SLUITER, Ian

1955-

Palynologist

 

 

SMEATON, Thomas Drury

c.1832-1908

Bank clerk

 

 

SMITH

fl.1930s-40s

 

 

 

SMITH, A.

fl. 1891

 

 

 

SMITH, Basil Herbert* and Mary

fl. 1925-

Farmers, amateur naturalists, conservationists, wheat-belt, WA

notes

 

SMITH, Cecil James

1888-

Forester, QLD

notes

 

SMITH, Charles

fl. 1796

 

 

 

SMITH, Charlotte, Mrs, (née MACDONALD)

?1809-1838

Orchid and algae collector

 

 

SMITH, Christopher

-1807

British Navy, plant collector, TAS

notes

 

SMITH, Doris (Dorothy) Alma, Mrs. (née GOY)

1912-1999

Herbarium fern botanist, collector, QLD

notes

portrait

SMITH, Edwin Dalton

1800-?1852

English botanical artist, Kew, UK

notes

 

SMITH, G.P. Darnell, see DARNELL-SMITH

 

 

 

 

SMITH, Dianne, Miss

 

Herbarium assistant

 

 

SMITH, E. J.

 

 

 

 

SMITH, Frederick William

1797-1835

English botanical artist, engraver, London, UK

notes

 

SMITH, Gabriel

1724-1783

Botanical engraver, London, Paris

notes

 

SMITH, Gordon Gregor

1920-

Botanist

 

 

SMITH, H.B.

fl. 1880s

Woodcut engraver for Mueller, Melbourne, VIC

notes

 

SMITH, Henry George

1852-1924

English phytochemist, in Aust from 1883, oil research, NSW

notes

 

SMITH, J. Miss

fl.1896

Collected for Mueller on Murray R., VIC, NSW, SA

 

 

SMITH, James

fl. 1894

 

 

 

SMITH, James Edward, Sir

1759-1828

English medical doctor, botanist (did not visit Australia), UK

notes

portrait

SMITH, John Grant

fl. 1830

 

 

 

SMITH, Lieut.

fl.c.1860

 

 

 

SMITH, Lindsay Stuart

1917-1970

Botanist, naturalist, rainforest trees, QLD

notes

portrait

SMITH, Matilda

1854-1926

English botanical illustrator, London, UK

notes

 

SMITH, Miss

fl.1896

Collected for Mueller near York, WA

 

 

SMITH, Raymond Vaughan*

1923-2011

Systematic botanist

 

 

SMITH, William Alexander

1954-

Botanical artist, Brisbane Herbarium 1985-1990s, QLD

notes

portrait

SMITH, Winifred (Winnie) Jane, Miss

1876-1951

Collected for Mueller in VIC

notes

 

SMITH-WHITE, Spencer, Prof.

1909-1998

Geneticist, Professor (1963-74) Sydney University, NSW

 

 

SOLANDER, Daniel

1733-1782

Swedish naturalist, librarian, with Banks in Aust 1770, UK

notes

portrait

SOMERSET, Henry Beaufort, Sir

1906-1995

Industrialist, University Chancellor, orchid enthusiast, TAS

notes

portrait

SOMERVILLE, Janet, Miss

1887-1969

Historian, botanist, teacher, collector,TAS

notes

portrait

SONSEE, Cecil Allan

1912-1985

Teacher, naturalist

 

 

SOUBS, Emanuel Lindsay

fl. 1800s

Gardener

 

 

SOUES, John Lindsay

1875-1962

Mechanic

 

 

SOUNNESS, Christopher Julius

1968-

Seed collector, CSIRO, WA

notes

 

SOURRY, Louis

fl.1960s-80s

Botanist, photographer

 

 

SOUSTER, J.

fl. 1946-48

Gardener

 

 

SOWERBY, James

1757-1822

English botanical artist, engraver, UK

notes

 

SPAFFORD, Walter John

1884-1962

Agricultural officer, Roseworthy College, SA

notes

 

SPALDING, George

-?1975

Horticulturist

 

 

SPALDING, H. A.

fl. 1883

 

 

 

SPECHT, Raymond Louis, Prof.*

1924-2021

Botanist, ecologist, Arnhem Land Expedition, SA, NT, QLD

notes

portrait

SPECK, Nathaniel Henry

1906-1970

Teacher, botanist, ecologist, illustrator, WA, ACT

notes

portrait

SPENCE, D. W.

 

 

 

 

SPENCE, James, Dr

fl. 1821-32

 

 

 

SPENCER, C.G. Mrs   = Jessie SPENCER

1859-1936

Collected for Mueller in QLD

notes

 

SPENCER, G. L., Mrs

 

 

 

 

SPENCER, Jessie,   (née HUBBARD)

1859-1936

Collected for Mueller in QLD

notes

 

SPENCER, Roger D., Dr*

1945-

Horticultural botanist, RBG Melbourne, VIC

notes

portrait

SPENCER, W.

fl. 1880s

Algae collector

 

 

SPENCER, Walter Baldwin, Prof. Sir

1860-1929

Biologist, author, anthropologist, Univ Melbourne, VIC, SA, NT

notes

portrait

SPICER, William Webb, Rev.

1820-1879

Clergyman, botanist, writer, TAS

notes

 

SPJUT, Richard Wayne

1945-

American botanist, plant collector, pharmacologist, WA, USA

notes

portrait

SPONG, Edward Nash

1818-1907

Lighthouse keeper, plant collector, TAS

 

 

SPONG, Mary,    (née LAWRENCE)

c.1834-1891

Collected for Mueller in TAS

notes

 

SPOONER, Antony Godfrey, Dr*

1927-1997

Physician, field naturalist

 

portrait

SQUIRES, V. R.

fl. 1969

Botanist

 

 

ST CLOUD, S.

fl. 1968

Botanist

 

 

ST JOHN, Percival Reginald Harry

1872-1944

Botanist, bot gdns taxonomist, label writer, VIC

notes

 

ST VINCENT, J.B.G. de BORY, see BORY de ST VINCENT

 

 

 

 

STACEY, Conway Ivan

1927-

Organic chemist

 

 

STACKHOUSE, Thomas

-1886

Naval Commander, Linean Soc. founder, plant collector, NSW

notes

 

STAER, John

1850-1933

Seedsman, nurseryman, SA, VIC, NSW

notes

portrait

STAHL, Crystal

fl. 1960s

Botanical artist, Canberra, ACT

notes

 

STAHR, Johann Ernst Ferdinand

1850-1933

Seedsman, nurseryman

notes

portrait

STAIGER, Karl Theodore

1833-1888

Government Analyst, nature printer, QLD

notes

 

STAIR, John B., Rev.

 

 

 

 

STANBERG, Leonie Clare

1964-

Herbarium officer, Sydney, NSW

notes

portrait

STANLEY, Lieut.

 

 

 

 

STANLEY, Owen

fl. 1839-1849

Artist

 

 

STANLEY, S. T.

 

Botanist

 

 

STANLEY, Trevor Donald*

1952-

Queensland Herbarium botanist, flora writer, collector, QLD

notes

 

STARK, Tony

fl. 1980s

 

 

 

START, Antony Noel

1946-

Biologist

 

 

STATHAN, Carmel, Mrs

fl. 1970s

Botanist

 

 

STAUFFER, Hans Ulrich

1929-1965

Botanist

 

 

STEAD, Thistle Yolette, (née HARRIS*)

1902-1991

Natural history Instructor, biologist, author

 

portrait

STEEDMAN, Henry

c.1866-1953

Gardener, zoo, plant collector, WA

notes

 

STEEL, T.

fl.1900

mycologist

 

 

STEELE, Halina

fl. 2000s

Botanical illustrator

 

 

STEENIS, C.G.G.J. van, see VAN STEENIS

 

 

 

 

STEPHENS, T.

fl.1880

 

 

 

STEPHENS, Thomas D.

 

 

 

 

STEPHENS, William

-1866

Gardens collector

 

 

STEPHENSON, Alan William

1944-2024

Amateur orchid collector, grower, author, conservationist, NSW

notes

portrait

STEPHENSON, Lawrence

fl. 1886

Botanist

 

 

STEPHENSON, William

fl. 1810s-1863

Surgeon on Mitchell's expedition, NSW

notes

 

STEPNELL, Kenneth

fl. 1970s-80s

Photographer

 

 

STEVENS, Gweneth Nell*

1934-

Botanist, lichenologist

 

 

STEVENS, Samuel Roscoe

1924-

Medical doctor, farmer, bee-keeper, QLD

notes

 

STEWART, Hugh Charles Euro

1889-1972

Naturalist

 

 

STEWART, John

1845-1932

Stock agent, amateur plant collector, Berry, NSW

notes

portrait

STEWART, Mrs

fl.1880s

Collected for Mueller near St. Arnaud, VIC

 

 

STICHT, R.

 

 

 

 

STICKLAND, John

fl. 1880S

Phycologist

 

 

STIRLING, Amy Livingstone,   (later Mrs HARRISON)

1880-1945

Collected for Mueller in VIC

notes

 

STIRLING, Edward Charles, Sir

1848-1919

Botanist, artist

 

 

STIRLING, Ellen, Lady

1807-1874

Sister of Captain James Mangles, possibly collected, WA

notes

 

STIRLING, James, Sir

1791-1865

Founding Governor of WA, naval commander, WA

notes

portrait

STIRLING, James

1852-1909

Lands Officer, surveyor, geologist botanist, VIC

notes

 

STIRLING, R.

 

 

 

 

STOATE, Theodore Norman, Dr

1895-1979

Forester, Conservator of Forests, NSW, WA

notes

 

STOCKER, Geoffrey Charles

1941-

Forest ecologist

 

 

STOKES, John Lort

1812-1885

Naval surveyor

 

portrait

STONE, Benjamin Clemens Masterman

1933-1994

Botanist, author, botanical artist, Pandanus, Aust. Asia, USA

notes

portrait

STONE, Ilma Grace (née Balfe)

1913-2001

University botanist, bryologist, (Uni Melbourne), VIC

notes

portrait

STONEBURNER, Ann

fl. 1980S

Bryologist

 

 

STONES, Ellis

1895-1975

Landscape architect, VIC

notes

portrait

STONES, Elsie Margaret, Miss*

1921-

Botanical artist, VIC, UK

notes

portrait

STOPFORD, G. F.

fl. 1949

 

 

 

STOPPS, Arthur James

1833-1931

Botanical lithographer, Fitzgerald's orchids, NSW

notes

 

STORR, Glen Milton

1921-

Zoologist, naturalist

 

 

STORY, George Fordyce, Dr

1800-1885

Medical practitioner, collected in TAS

notes

portrait

STORY, Robert

1913-1999

Scientist

 

 

STOTT, R.

 

 

 

 

STOUT, C.

 

 

 

 

STOVE, Kathie, Ms*

1950-

Botanical Technical Officer

 

portrait

STOVER, Lewis E., Dr

fl. 1970-85

Palynologist

 

 

STOWARD, Frederick, Dr

1866-1931

Government Botanist, pathologist, VIC, WA, SA

notes

 

STRAHAN, A

1872-fl.1924

Forests Conunission secretary

 

 

STRANGE, Bon, Mrs

 

Photographer

 

 

STRANGE, Frederick

1926-1854

Explorer, natural history collector, NSW, SA, QLD

notes

portrait

STREIMANN, Heinar*

1938–2001

Botanist, cryptogamist Canberra Bot Gdns, PNG, ACT

notes

portrait

STRETCH, John*

1947-

Agriculture technical officer

 

 

STRICKLAND, John

1937

Botanist

 

 

STROM, Allen Axel

 

Teacher, naturalist

 

 

STRUDEL, E. J.

 

 

 

 

STRZELECKI, Paul Edmund, de Count, Sir

1797-1873

Explorer, naturalist

 

portrait

STUART, Charles

1802-1877

Gardener, botanist, TAS, NSW

notes

 

STUART, James

1802-1842

Surgeon, plant painter

 

 

STUART, John McDouall

1815-1866

Explorer, overland telegraph, SA, NT

notes

 portrait

STUCKEY, Ben

fl.2000s

Manager of Darwin Herbarium, later school teacher in NT

 

 

STUCKEY, Miss

fl. 1880s

Botanical artist, Adelaide, SA

notes

 

STURGISS, James H., (Jim) Major

1890-1983

Pastoralist, amateur naturalist, NSW

notes

 

STURM, Jakob

1771-1848

German botanical engraver

notes

portrait

STURM, Johann Georg

1742-1793

German botanical engraver

notes

 

STURT, Charles Capt.

1795-1869

Explorer

 

 portrait

STUWE, John

 

Botanist

 

 

SULLIVAN

fl. 1886

Botanist

 

 

SULLIVAN, Daniel John

1836-1895

Teacher at Moyston school, Grampians, amateur botanist, VIC

notes

portrait

SULLIVAN, David (? = Daniel)

1836-1895

Plant collector in Victoria and Tas. (? above)

notes

 

SULLIVAN, Richard F, Dr

fl. 1868

 

 

 

SULMAN, Florence

fl. 1900s

Artist, author

 

 

SUMMERELL, Brett A.

1959-

Plant fungal pathologist, science administrator, NSW

notes

portrait

SUSSMILCH, Carl Adolph von Heyde 

1875-1946 

Geologist

 

 

SUTHERLAND, Joseph

fl. 1876-84

 

 

 

SUTHERLAND, Merran, Mrs

fl. 1927-28

orchid collector

 

 

SUTHERLAND, Richard F., Dr

fl. 1868

 

 

 

SUTTON, Charles Standford, Dr

1864-1950

Medical practitioner, amateur botanist, VIC

notes

 

SUTTON, Maggie E.   see Nightingale, M.E.

 

Herbarium worker, collector, databaser, ACT

notes

 

SUTTON, Margaret Ann   (Miss M. SUTTON)

?-1947

Collected for Mueller in WA.

notes

 

SUTTON, Peter

1936-2005

Horticulturist, radio broadcaster, ACT

notes

portrait

SUTTOR, George

1774-1859

Farmer, pioneer settler, botanist, NSW

notes

portrait

SWABY, Arthur James

1887-1979

Teacher, author, naturalist, SGAP founder, VIC

notes

portrait

SWAIN, Edward Harold Fulcher

1883-1970

Forests Director, Commissioner, author, NSW, QLD

notes

portrait

SWAINSON, William

1789-1855

Artist, naturalist, VIC, TAS

notes

portrait

SWANN

fl. 1970s

 

 

 

SWAN, Joseph

fl. 1821-1872

Scottish botanical engraver, Glasgow

notes

 

SWANSON, John Sinnister

1878-1943

Station-hand, property owner, VIC, QLD

notes

 

SWART, Haring Johannes*

1922-

Botanist, Senior Lecturer

 

 

SWINBOURNE, Robert Frederick George*

1936-

Botanical Technical officer, horticultural adviser, author, NT, SA

notes

portrait

SWlNDLEY, Frederick

 

 

 

 

SYME, David

1827-1908

Botanist

 

 

SYME, Katrina

1947-

Fungal artist, WA

notes

 

SYMON, David Eric*

1920-2011

Agronomist, botanist, Waite Institute, SA

notes

portrait

SZENT-IVANY, Maria Louise, Mrs (née LAKATOS)*

1919-2012

Hungarian-born botanical and entomological illustrator, SA

notes

portrait

 

Surnames (Family names) starting with:
A     B     C     D     E     F     G     H     I     J     K     L     M     N     O     P-Q     R     S     T     U-V     W     X-Y-Z


* = information contributed by the collector/illustrator themselves (to Willis et al) pre 1986

^^ = information from: George, A.S. (2009) Australian Botanist's Companion, Four Gables Press, WA.


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