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Jackes, Betsy Rivers (1935 - )

Associate Professor

Born
19 March 1935
Bingara, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Botanist
Website
http://www.jcu.edu.au/school/tbiol/Botany/staff/brj.htm

Summary

The current Head, Tropical Plant Sciences and Deputy Head, School of Tropical Biology at the James Cook University, Jackes also has been a member of the Academic teaching staff of the University of New England and the University of Queensland. She is the author or co-author of refereed journal papers, refereed conference papers, miscellaneous papers, articles, posters etc and environmental consultancy reports. Her books include: Poisonous Plants in Northern Australian Gardens, Plants of Magnetic Island, A Guide to the Plants of the Burra Range and Plants of the Tropical Rainforest.

Details

Born: 19 March 1935 Bingara NSW (daughter: Allan and Bessie (née Curtis) Paterson.
Following the completion her BSc (1957) and MSc (1959) at the University of New England, Jackes became a Research Scholar at the University of Chicago where she obtained her PhD in 1961.
Married to E Machael Jackes (1962) they have 2 children.

(Source: http://www.jcu.edu.au/school/tbiol/Botany/staff/brj.htm accessed 01/02/02 and Who's Who of Australian Women)

Sources used to compile this entry: Lofthouse, Andrea (ed.), Who's who of Australian women, Methuen Australia, North Ryde (NSW), 1982, 504 pp.

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Books

  • Jackes, Betsy R, Plants of the Tropical Rainforest. Mt Spec Area, North Queensland, James Cook University, Townsville, Qld, 1991, 81 pp. Details

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See also

  • Lofthouse, Andrea (ed.), Who's who of Australian women, Methuen Australia, North Ryde (NSW), 1982, 504 pp. Details

Anne Heywood

Created: 13 February 2002, Last modified: 4 May 2009

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