John Frederick Bailey

Australian botanist (1866–1938)

John Frederick Bailey

Born| (1866-08-05)5 August 1866

Brisbane, Australia

Died| 19 May 1938(1938-05-19) (aged 71)

Brisbane, Australia

Scientific career
Fields| Botany, horticulture

John Frederick Bailey (5 August 1866 – 19 May 1938) was a botanist and horticulturist active in Australia in the late 19th and early 20th century.

Bailey became Director of the Botanic Gardens of Brisbane in 1905.[1] He succeeded his father, Frederick Manson Bailey, as state botanist of Queensland for 18 months in 1915–1916. He was subsequently the Director of the Botanic Gardens of Adelaide from 1917 to 1932,[2] where an earlier attempt to establish a botanic garden had been made in 1839 by his grandfather, John Bailey, South Australia's first Colonial Botanist.[3][4]

## Memberships

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* Royal Society of Queensland, Secretary from 1893 to 1905, President in 1909
* Horticultural Society

## Publications

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* 1896: Report on the timber trees of Herberton District, North Queensland. 15 pages.
* 1906: A Selection of Flowering Climbers. 15 pages.
* 1910: Introduction of economic plants into Queensland. 102 pages.

## Literature

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* Adelaide Botanic Garden, Centenary Volume 1855-1955 (Adel, 1955)
* Votes and Proceedings (Legislative Assembly, Queensland), 1906, 2, 146, (South Australia), 1918, 3 (89)
* R. H. Pulleine, 'The botanical colonisation of the Adelaide plains', Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (South Australian Branch), 35 (1935)
* C. T. White, 'The Bailey family and its place in the botanical history of Australia', JRHSQ, 3 (1936–47)
* Observer (Adelaide), 30 June 1923, 18 Apr 1925
* Australian botanists biographical files (Australian Academy of Science Library).

The standard author abbreviation J.F.Bailey is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[5]

## References

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1. ^ Vallee, Peter (1979), "Bailey, John Frederick (1866–1938)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 7, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 25 May 2019
2. ^ George, Alex S. (13 December 2012). "Bailey, John Frederick (1866 - 1938)". Biographical Notes. Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria, Australian National Herbarium. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
3. ^ "Botanic Gardens". South Australian Register. South Australia. 5 October 1839. p. 3. Retrieved 3 January 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
4. ^ Mennell, Philip (1892). "Bailey, Frederick Manson" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
5. ^ International Plant Names Index.  J.F.Bailey.

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* International Plant Names Index

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* Australian Artists

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