George Simpson
George Simpson (1880–1952) was a New Zealand naturalist and botanist. He was born in Dunedin, the son of a master builder. He, too, became a builder and valuer, working as Crown Valuer from about 1943 until early 1950.
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George Simpson
- Name
- George Simpson
- Born
- 14 October 1880
- Birthplace
- Dunedin
- Died
- 1952 · Dunedin.
- Nationality
- New Zealand
- Occupation
- botanist · master builder · photographer · botanical collector
- Fields
- botany
- Honours
- Fellow of the Linnean Society of London · Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi · Loder Cup
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George Simpson (1880–1952) was a New Zealand naturalist and botanist. He was born in Dunedin, the son of a master builder. He, too, became a builder and valuer, working as Crown Valuer from about 1943 until early 1950.
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However, he, together with John Scott Simpson, became interested in collecting and growing New Zealand native plants and by 1925 both were well known within the New Zealand botanical community. In 1930, he was elected a fellow of the Linnean Society, In 1945, he published his monograph on Carmichaelia. In 1949 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand, FRSNZ.
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Key facts
• Name — George Simpson • Honorific Suffix — FRSNZ • Born — 14 October 1880 • Birthplace — Dunedin • Place of death — Dunedin • Fields — Botany • Author Abbrev Bot — G.Simpson
Eponymy
Eponymy
(From Godley, 1997) • Ranunculus simpsonii • Ourissia sessifolia var. simpsonii • Wahlenburgia simpsonii J.A.Hay (synonym of Wahlenbergia albomarginata subsp. flexilis (Petrie) J.A.Petterson
Identity
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George Simpson is recorded with the occupation botanical collector. Recorded with the occupation master builder. Recorded as having received Fellow of the Linnean Society of London, Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi and Loder Cup.
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1880
George Simpson was born on 14 October 1880.
1952
George Simpson died on 16 May 1952.
Names published
(List incomplete: 74 names published) • Myosotis ramificata G.Simpson, Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. N. Z. lxxix. 426 (1952). • Myosotis tenuis G.Simpson & J.S.Thomson, Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. N. Z. lxxiii. 161 (1943). • Wahlenbergia laxa G.Simpson, Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. N. Z. lxxix. 430 (1952). • Wahlenbergia ramosa G.Simpson, Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. N. Z. lxxv. 196 (1945). • Brachyscome brevifolia G.Simpson, Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. N. Z. lxxix. 432 (1952). • Celmisia spedeni G.Simpson, Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. N. Z. lxxv. 200 (1945). • Carmichaelia solandri G.Simpson, Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. N. Z. lxxv. 253 (1945). (synonym of Carmichaelia australis R.Br.) • Carmichaelia appressa G.Simpson, Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. N. Z. lxxv. 263 (1945). • Carmichaelia astonii G.Simpson, Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. N. Z. lxxv. 253 (1945). • Carmichaelia hollowayi G.Simpson, Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. N. Z. lxxv. 277 (1945). (These may not be accepted names.)
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- 1.Allan, H.H. George Simpson, 1880-1852. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 81. 153. 1953.
- 2.Author Details: Simpson, George(1980-1952). The International Plant Name Index.
- 3.Godley, E.J. Biographical Notes (28) : George Simpson FLS, FRSNZ, FNZIV (1880-1952). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter. 50. 19. 1997.
- 4.Simpson, G. COCKAYNE MEMORIAL PAPER, No. I. A Revision of the genus Carmichaelia. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 75. 2. 231–287. 1945.
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