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Maiden, Joseph Henry (1859 - 1925)

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Botanist and Museum curator

Born: 25 April 1859 St Johns Wood, England. Died: 16 November 1925 Turramurra, New South Wales, Australia.

Joseph Henry Maiden became the Curator of the new Technological Museum, Sydney in 1880 and in 1896 Director of the Botanic Gardens and New South Wales Government Botanist. He wrote several major books on Australian botany and founded the National Herbarium, Sydney in 1901.

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McKern, H. H. G., Early Chemists of Sydney, 2006, http://members.optusnet.com.au/jph8524/McKern.htm. [ Details ]

Newell, Jennifer and Sutherland, Denise, 'Scientists and Colonists', Australasian Science, vol. Summer, 1997, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/journal/as_colonists.htm. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 18 October 2006

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Originally published 1994-1999 by Australian Science Archives Project, 1999-2006 by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
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