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Women to Remember
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Jackes, Betsy Rivers (1935 - )
Born: Bingara, NSW, 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. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Career Highlights URL: The home page for this entity is located at http://www.jcu.edu.au/school/tbiol/Botany/staff/brj.htm Born: 19 March 1935 Bingara NSW (daughter: Allan and Bessie (nee 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) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Published by National Foundation
for Australian Women on Australian Women's Archives Project Web Site,
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