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Blake, Stanley Thatcher (1911 - 1973)
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Botanist
Born: 1911.  Died: 24 February 1973.
Stanley Thatcher Blake worked for the Queensland Herbarium from 1945 until his death. Before joining the Herbarium he received a Walter and Eliza Hall Fellowship which allowed him to undertake botanical collecting expeditions to Western Queensland (1935-1937). He also carried out a special survey of potential rubber-producing plants in Queensland in 1939. Blake was a President of the Royal Society of Queensland and the Queensland Naturalists' Club. He was a life member of the National Parks Association.
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1932Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Queensland
1934Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Queensland
1935 - 1937Walter and Eliza Hall Fellow gathering material for a comprehensive account of the plant communities of Western Queensland
1939Special survey of potential rubber-producing plants in Queensland
1945 - Botanist to Senior Botanist at the Queensland Herbarium
1956Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of Queensland
1965Australian Botanical Liaison Officer at Kew, Victoria

 
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Structure based on ISAAR(CPF) - click here for an explanation of the fields.Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J. & Rosanne Walker
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 29 August 2006
Published by The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre on ASAPWeb, 1994 - 2007
Originally published 1994-1999 by Australian Science Archives Project, 1999-2006 by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
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