Frederick Manson Bailey

Frederick Manson Bailey

Frederick Manson Bailey (born March 8, 1827 in Hackney (London) , United Kingdom , † June 25, 1915 in Kangaroo Point in Brisbane , Queensland ) was a British- Australian botanist . Its botanical author abbreviation is " FMBailey ".

Early years

Frederick Manson Bailey was born in the London borough of Hackney as the second son of the horticulturist (and later the first colonial botanist of South Australia ) John Bailey and his wife, née. Manson, born. He attended the collegiate school of the Independent Church in Hackney. In 1838 the family emigrated to Australia and arrived on March 22, 1838 on the "Buckinghamshire" in Adelaide . John Bailey was appointed colonial botanist there and built a botanical garden. He resigned from his position in 1841, became a farmer and later set up a nursery in Adelaide. His son Frederick supported him in these endeavors. His father gave him private lessons.

Working life

While still in partnership with his father and brother, Frederick Manson Bailey briefly tried his hand as a gold digger in Bendigo .

In 1858 he emigrated to New Zealand , now married, and settled in the Hutt Valley . In 1861 he returned to Australia and opened a seed shop in Brisbane, collecting plants in many parts of Queensland and selling them to institutions overseas.

In 1875, the Queensland government established a committee to study the causes of diseases in livestock and crops. Bailey was named botanist on that committee. He toured all of Queensland again, inspecting pastures and examining plants that were believed to be poisonous to livestock.

From 1880 to 1882, Bailey was the assistant curator of the Queensland Museum, and in 1881 he was appointed Queensland Colonial Botanist. During the economic crisis of the 1890s, the Queensland government could no longer hold this position, but in 1902 Bailey declared that he would continue his work without pay if necessary. Public protests initially enabled him to continue to work and then ensured that at least half his salary was paid out.

Family life and death

In 1856 Frederick Manson married Bailey Anna Maria Waite, the eldest daughter of Rev. Thomas Waite. They had three twins together. One son and three daughters survived.

Bailey had been raised a free spirit, but after his marriage he joined the Anglican Church for a few years for the sake of his wife . He called himself a Deist .

He died on June 25, 1915 at his home in Kangaroo Point, Brisbane.

His position as colonial botanist from Queensland, his son, John Frederick Bailey and then his grandson 1918-1950 Cyril Tenison White even botanical author ( botanical author abbreviation " CTWhite ").

Social Commitment

Bailey was 1880-1883 a member of the "Queensland Philosophical Society" and a founding member of the successor organization Royal Society of Queensland . For 13 years he was a member of the leadership of this society and in 1890 its president. 1886–1895 he was chairman of the natural history and botanical department of this society.

From 1878 Bailey was a member of the Linnean Society and also a corresponding member of the Royal Society of Victoria , the Royal Society of Tasmania and the Royal Society of South Australia . In 1911 he was president of the biology department of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science.

Publications (selection)

• Handbook of the Ferns of Queensland , 1874
• An Illustrated Monograph of the Grasses of Queensland , with Karl Staiger , 1879
• The Fern World of Australia , 1881
• A Synopsis of the Queensland Flora , nearly 900 pages, 1883
• A Catalog of the Indigenous and Naturalized Plants of Queensland , 1890
• A Companion for the Queensland Student of Plant Life and Botany Abridged , 1897
• The Queensland Flora , 6 volumes, 1899–1902
• General Index of the Queensland Flora , 1905
• Comprehensive Catalog of Queensland Plants, Both Indigenous an Naturalized , 1912

Honors

In 1902 Frederick Manson Bailey was awarded the Clarke Medal of the Royal Society of New South Wales and in 1911 the Order of St. Michael and St. George .

Over 50 plant species received his name, for example Acacia baileyana or Grevillea baileyana . The name of the genus Austrobaileya from the Austrobaileyaceae family honors Frederick Manson Bailey and the American forest botanist Irving Widmer Bailey (1884–1967). The name of the order star aniseed (Austrobaileyales) goes back to both.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ FMBailey . Author Query, International Plant Name Index (IPNI) . Retrieved May 15, 2013
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n} E. N. Marks: Bailey, Frederick Manson (1827–1915) . Australian Dictionary of Biography. Volume 3. Melbourne University Press, Melbourne VIC 1969. pp. 73–74 ( Memento of the original from November 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved May 15, 2013  
3. ↑ CTWhite . Author Query, International Plant Name Index (IPNI) . Retrieved May 15, 2013
4. ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]