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Vickery, Joyce Winifred (1908 - 1979)

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Plant taxonomist
Born: 15 December 1908  Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia.  Died: 29 May 1979  Cheltenham, New South Wales, Australia.
Joyce Winifred Vickery was a forensic botanist who was most noted for her work on the kidnap and murder case of Graham Thorne in 1960. The successful conviction of the culprit was based largely on her analysis of crime scene plant matter and soil. Vickery was the first female researcher appointed to the New South Wales Herbarium and many of her taxonomic correspondences between 1935 and 1972 are housed at the Royal Botanic Gardens, New South Wales.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1931Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Sydney
1931 - 1936Science research scholarship at the University of Sydney
1933Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Sydney
1934President of the University of Sydney Biology Society
1936 - 1964Assistant Botanist at the National Herbarium of New South Wales
1937 - 1938Spent a year at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, London
1959Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of Sydney
1962Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
1964Clarke Medal received from the Royal Society of New South Wales
1964 - 1968Senior Botanist at the National Herbarium of New South Wales
1968Retired
1971 - 1978Honorary Treasurer of the Linnean Society of New South Wales
1973 - 1979Honorary Research Fellow at the National Herbarium of New South Wales

 

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