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Jackes, Betsy Rivers (1935 - )Associate Professor |
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| Born: 19 March 1935 Bingara, New South Wales, Australia | |
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. |
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| URL: The home page for this entity is located at http://www.jcu.edu.au/school/tbiol/Botany/staff/brj.htm | |
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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: Address: Tropical Plant Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville Qld 4811 Ph: (07) 4781 4574 Fx: (07) 4725 1570 e-mail: Betsy.Jackes@jcu.edu.au. | |
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Published by National Foundation for Australian Women on Australian Women's Archives Project Web Site Comments, questions, corrections and additions: awap@womenaustralia.info Prepared by: Acknowledgements Updated: 19 June 2008 http://womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE0289b.htm |