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 1700s – 2000

Based on the list  published by J.H. Willis, D. Pearson, M.T. Davis, and J.W. Green, Western Australian Herbarium Research Notes Number 12, August 1986.
Enhanced with information from George, A.S. (2009) Australian Botanist's Companion, Four Gables Press, WA.

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Surnames (Family names) starting with:
A     B     C     D     E     F     G     H     I     J     K     L     M     N     O     P-Q     R     S     T     U-V     W     X-Y-Z

LAAN, Adolf van der

fl. 1717-1768

Botanical engraver (probably Dutch)

notes

 

LABILLARDIERE, Jacques Julien Houton [Houtou, Houtton] de

1755-1834

French naturalist, botanist, author

notes

portrait

LADIGES. Pauline Yvonne, Dr*

1948-

Numerical taxonomist, phylogenetic systematist, VIC

notes

portrait

LAIDLAW, William

-1925

Botanist, Gardens Director

 

 

LAING, Robert Malcolm

1865-

Naturalist

 

 

LAING, W.

 

 

 

 

LAIRD, Norman

1915-1978

Naturalist, artist, producer

 

 

LALLY, Terena

YEARS

Herbarium botanist, Perth and Canberra, WA, ACT

 

 

LAM, Johannes Herman, Prof.*

1892-1977

Botanist

 

 

LAMARTINIERE. Bossieu

fl. 1785-88

Medical officer, botanist

 

 

LAMBERT

 

Phycologist

 

 

LAMBTON, Alfred Harbord, Rev.

1887-1979

Priest, Qld and PNG

notes

 

LAMONT, Byron Bernard

1945-

Ecologist, physiologist

 

 

LAMONT, E., Miss

fl. 1888

Phycologist

 

 

LAMONT, Eva Frances   (later Mrs BOWKETT)

1861-1945

Collected for Mueller in QLD

notes

 

LAMONT, G.F., Miss

 

 

 

 

LAMONT, James, Rev.

1844-1928

Presbyterian Moderator, UK, Hong Kong, NSW

notes

portrait

LANDER, Nicholas Sean

1948-

Herbarium botanist, Asteraceae, Malvaceae, NSW, WA

notes

portrait

LANDSBOROUGH, Miss

fl.1890s

Collected for Mueller near Toowoomba, QLD

 

 

LANDSBOROUGH, William

1825-1886

Explorer, naturalist

 

portrait

LANE POOLE, Charles Edward

1885-1970

Forest Inspector-General, writer, WA

notes

portrait

LANG, John Dunmore, Rev., Dr

1799-1878

Presbyterian minister, politician, writer

 

 

LANG, Peter John*

1955-

 

 

 

LANG, William H., Prof

1874-ob.

Palaeobotanist

 

 

LANGDON

fl. 1930s

 

 

 

LANGDON, Raymond Forbes Newton*

1916-

Botanist

 

 

LANGE, Robert Terence Dr*

1934-

Botanist, plant palaeobotanist

 

 

LANGFIELD, Ernest Clarence Boyd

fl. 1948-52

 

 

 

LANGLEY, Jean 

fl. 1960s

 

 

 

LANGLEY, Laurence Joseph

1917-2007

Seed supplier (esp eucalypts), horticulturist, VIC, NSW

notes

portrait

LANGOIS, Vincent Marie

1756-?

Botanical engraver, France

notes

 

LANGDON, Raymond Forbes Newton

1916-2014

Mycologist at Univ. Qld from 1940 to 1981, QLD

 

 

LANKESTER, A.E. 

fl. 1890s

 

 

 

LANYON, M.

 

Author, artist

 

 

LAPINPURO, Liisa

 

 

 

 

LARGE, Richard

1882-1967

Forrester, NSW

notes

 

LASERON, Charles Francis

1887-1959

Antarctic expeditioner, museum curator, NSW

notes

portrait

LASSAK, Erich V.

1934-2015

Researched essential oils in Aust plants, NSW

notes

portrait

LA TROBE, Charles Joseph

1801-1875

Governor, city planner

 

 

LATTORFF, H.

fl. 1880s

 

 

 

LATZ, Peter Kenneth*

1941-

Herbarium botanist, ethnobotanist, agrostologist, NT

notes

portrait

LAU [LAW], Hermann

fl. 1860s

 

 

 

LAUGHTON, Annie Watson

1853-1903

Flower painter

 

 

LAUTERBACH, Carl Adolf George

1864-1937

Botanist, in Aust Oct-Nov 1889, also PNG

 

 

LAUTERER, Joseph, Dr

1848-1911

Medical Doctor, Phytochemist

notes

 

LAVARACK, Peter S. (Bill) Dr

1942-

Botanist, orchidologist, QLD

notes

portrait

LAVERY, H.J.

fl. 1960s

 

 

 

LAW-SMITH, Joan, Lady*

1919-

Artist

 

 

LAWES, William George, Rev.

1839-1907

Missionary

 

 

LAWLER, Len

1925-2011

Orchid ethnologist, collector, QLD

notes

portrait

LAWRENCE, Margaret Elizabeth

1953-

Botanist

 

 

LAWRENCE, Robert William

1807-1833

Naturalist, plant collector, TAS

notes

 

LAWSON, Abercrombie Anstruther

1870-1927

Prof Botany Uni Sydney from 1913, NSW

notes

portrait

LAWSON, John, Prof.

El.1870s

 

 

 

LAWSON, Marmaduke Alexander, Prof

1840--1896

Botanist

 

 

LAY, Brendan Gregory*

1947-

Ecologist

 

 

LAYARD

fl. 1850s

Algae collector

 

 

LAZARIDES, Michael*

1928-2011

Botanist, agrostologist, with CSIRO Canberra, ACT

notes

portrait

LEA, Arthur Mills

1868-1932

Entomologist

 

 

LEA, Thomas Simcox, Rev.

1857-1939

Anglican clergyman, UK, SA

notes

 

LEACH

fl. 1890s

 

 

 

LEACH, Gregory John, Dr*

1952-

University lecturer, herbarium botanist, NT

notes

portrait

LEAFERS

fl. 1890s

 

 

 

LEAKE, Georgiana Mary (nee Kingsford)

1812-1896

Amateur flower painter, Perth, WA

notes

 

LEAKE, Robert Buck

c.1837-1924

Pharmaceutical chemist

 

 

LEARMONT, Noel Ful[ord

1880-1970

Naturalist, historian

 

 

LEARY, E.

 

 

 

 

LEBLER, Beryl A., Mrs

fl. 1970s

Botanist

 

 

LEDGER, Charles

1818-1905

Adventurer, plant/animal exporter

 

 

LEE, Alma T., Mrs, (née MELVAINE*)

1912-1990

Botanist, initially CSIRO Canberra, later Herbarium Sydney, NSW

notes

portrait

LEE, Arthur

fl. 1900-15

 

 

 

LEE, Helen Mary, Mrs, (née PURNELL*)

1925-

Botanist

 

 

LEE, Ida, see MARRIOI'T

 

 

 

 

LEE, Robert D.

fl. 1940s

Photographer, mycologist

 

 

LEECH, Penny

1947

Botanical/architectural artist

 

 

LEFROY, John Henry, Sir

1817-1890

Governor

 

 

LEFROY, de Courcy

fl. 1885-1889

 

 

 

LE GRAND

 

 

 

 

LEHMANN, Friedrich Carl

1850-1903

German consul in Columbia, S America, amateur botanist; never visited Australia

 

portrait

LEHMANN, Johann Georg Christian

1792-1860

Botanist/professor in Hamburg, Germany; never visited Australia

 

portrait

LEIBOLD, Fredrich Ernst

1804-1864

 

 

 

LEIBOLDT

 

 

 

 

LEICHHARDT, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig, Dr

1813-1848

Explorer, NSW, QLD

notes

portrait 

LEIGH, John Holland, Dr

1936-

Ecologist

 

 

LEISMAN, Gilbert Arthur. Prof.

1924-

Botanist, palaeobotanist

 

 

LEMAIRE, Charles

1800-1871

Botanical artist, France (did not visit Aust.)

 

 

LENDENFELD, Robert Lendlmayer von, Dr

1858-1913

Phycologist, geologist, from Europe, SA, NSW, NZ

notes

portrait

LE PLASTRIER, Constance M.

fl. 1930s

Author, ?botanist

 

 

LEPP, Heino

fl. 1990s-

Herbarium Associate, fungi curator, Aust National Herbarium, Canberra, ACT

notes

portrait

LEPSCHI, Brendan John

1969-

Herbarium botanist, curator, nomenclature editor, Perth and Canberra, WA, ACT

notes

portrait

LEQUERRE

fl. 1908

 

 

 

LESCHENAULT DE LA TOUR, Baptist Louis Theodore

1773-1826

Botanist on Baudin's voyages, French

notes

portrait

LE SOUEF, Albert Sherbourne

1877-1951

Zoo director, NSW, VIC

notes

 

LE SOUEF, William Henry Dudley

1860-1923

(Botanical assistant ?) Zoo Director, Melbourne, VIC

notes

portrait

LESSING

fl. 1948

Botanist

 

 

LESSON, Pierre Adolphe [A.]

1805-?

Surgeon, botanist

 

 

LESSON, Rene Primevere

1794-1849

Naturalist on ship Astrolabe, French

notes

portrait

LESTANG, de

fl. 1940s

 

 

 

LESTER, George Mackenzie, Archdeacon

1861-1944

Anglican clergyman, Brisbane, Rockhampton, QLD

notes

 

LE TALL, Benjamin Bower

1858-1906

Botanist, teacher

 

 

LEVI, P.

 

Illustrator

 

 

LEVITT, Dulcie Carmen*

1914-1994

Missionary, ethnobiologist, Groote Eylandt, NT

notes

portrait

LEVRING, Carl Tore Christian [T.]

1913-1980

 

 

 

LEWELLIN, Madeline Mary Ravenna

1854-1944

Fungal artist, collected for Mueller in VIC.

notes

 

LEWIN, John William

?1770-1819

Artist, UK, NSW

notes

 

LEWIS, John W.

fl. 1870s

 

 

 

LEWIS, N.B.

fl. 1950s

 

 

 

LEWIS, Watkin E.

fl. 1940s

 

 

 

LEYCESTER, Augustus Adolphus [?A.R.]

-1892

Farmer, naturalist

 

 

L'HORSCHY

 

 

 

 

LHOTSKY, Johann [Jan] 

1795-1866

Explorer, naturalist, Ukraine, Brazil, NSW

notes

 

LIDGETT, James 

1874-1941

Entomologist

 

 

LIDGEY, Ernest

1863-?1909

Geologist, mining engineer, UK, VIC, WA

notes

 

LILLEY, Miss

 

Lichenologist

 

 

LIND

fl. 1873-74

 

 

 

LINDER, Brita

 

 

 

 

LINDLEY, G.

 

Horticulturist

 

 

LINDON, L.H., Mrs 

 

 

 

 

LINDSAY, Lionel Arthur

1874-1961

Artist, engraver, occasionally of eucalypts, VIC

notes

portrait

LISTER, Joseph Jackson 

1857-1927 

Zoologist, Christmas Island expedition leader

notes

 

LITTLE, Emma

fl. 2020s

Ecologist, bryologist, University of Tasmania, TAS

notes

portrait

LITTLE, R.

 

 

 

 

LITTLEJOHN, Robert 

1756-1818

Naturalist

 

 

LOADER, Miss

fl.1885

Collected for Mueller at Wakefield R., SA

 

 

LOBER, Angela

fl. 2000s

Botanical illustrator

notes

 

LOCKWOOD, Leslie

fl. 1980-90s

Horticulturist, writer

 

portrait

LODDER, Mark

fl.1970s

Horticulturalist at ANBG, collected with E.M. Canning, ACT

 

 

LODDER, Mary, Miss

1853-1911

Collected algae for Mueller in TAS

notes

 

LODDIGES, George

1784-1846

Botanical artist, UK

notes

 

LODER, Andrew Charles

1861-?1910

Assistant Forester

 

 

LODDER, Mark

fl.1970s

Horticulturalist at ANBG, CSIRO, esp. grasses 1970-80s, ACT

 

 

LODER, Mary, Mrs [suggest this is LODDER above]

fl. 1889

Algae collector

 

 

LOGUE, Kate French G. (later Mrs W.J. BLIGHT)

1867-1968

Teacher, collected for Mueller in WA

notes

portrait

LOMBE, Thomas Robert, Dr

fl. 1840s

 

 

 

LONG, F.H.

 

 

 

 

LONGMAN

 

 

 

 

LONGMAN, Herber Albert

1880-1954

 

notes

portrait

LOOKER, H. Waldo

 

 

 

 

LOPEZ, Enguidnos Vinz.

fl. 1790s

Botanical engraver, Spain

notes

 

LORD, C.

 

 

 

 

LORD, Ernest E.

1889-1970

Horticulturist, author

 

 

LORIA, A.

fl. 1830s-40s

 

 

 

LOTHIAN, Thomas Robert Noel*

1915-2004

Gardens Director, author, horticulturist, SA

notes

 

LOUDON, Jane Wells

1807-1858

Novelist and botanical artist, England, UK

notes

portrait

LOVE, J.H.

fl. 1882

Forester

 

 

LOVE, J.R.B., Rev.

fl. 1930s

 

 

 

LOVEGROVE, Gertrude Louisa (married name BLACKET)

1859-1961

Botanical artist, joint author with W.Bauerlen, NSW

notes

 

LOVIS, John Donald, Prof.

1930-

Botanist

 

 

LOWE, R.

fl. 1939-69

 

 

 

LOWRIE, Allen

1948-2021

Businessman, Drosera, Stylidium botanist, WA

notes

 

LUCANUS, Augustus

 

 

 

 

LUCAS, Arthur Henry Shakespeare, Prof

1853-1936

Phycologist, naturalist, mathematician, author, NSW

notes

portrait

LUCAS, Robert

fl. 1887

Carpenter

 

 

LUCAS, Thomas Pennington, Dr

1843-1917

Medical doctor, naturalist, entomologist, collector, UK, VIC, QLD

notes

portrait

LUCAS, W.H.

 

 

 

 

LUCHMANN

 

 

 

 

LUDBROOK, N.H., Dr

fl. 1960s

Geologist, paleobotonist

 

 

LUEHMANN, Johann Georg W.

1843-1904

Government Botanist, writer, VIC

notes

portrait

LUERSSEN, C. [?Christian]

1843-?

 

 

 

LUGERT

 

 

 

 

LUKE, Robert Henry

1909-

Forester, fire authority, NSW

notes

 

LUKIN, Laura   (later Mrs Phillips)

1857-1933

Collected for Mueller in WA

notes

 

LULLFITZ, Frederick Conrad James

1914-1983

Seed collector for Kings Park Botanic Gdns, consultant, WA

notes

 

LUMHOLTZ, Carl Sophus

1851-1922

Norwegian scientist, anthropologist, traveller, author, Aust.1880-1884, QLD

notes

portrait

LUMLEY, Peter F.

1938-

Herbarium botanist, horticultural botanist, Vict.

 

 

LYALL, David, Dr

1817-1895

Surgeon

 

 

LYCETT, Joseph 

?1774-?1825

Convict, artist, NSW

notes

 

LYELL, George

1866-1951

Entomologist, orchidologist, VIC

notes

portrait

LYNCH

fl. 1904-13

 

 

 

LYND, B.

 

Naturalist

 

 

LYND, Robert [Lieutenant]

1800-1851

Naturalist, fungal collector, NSW

notes

 

LYNE, Andrew M.

fl. 1990s

Herbarium technician, collector, Aust National Herbarium, Canberra, ACT

notes

portrait

LYNDON, S.

before 1898

 

 

 

LYONS, Robert (Bob) G.

fl.1970s

National Parks director, forests dept, SA

notes

 

 

Surnames (Family names) starting with:
A     B     C     D     E     F     G     H     I     J     K     L     M     N     O     P-Q     R     S     T     U-V     W     X-Y-Z


* = information contributed by the collector/illustrator themselves (to Willis et al) pre 1986

^^ = information from: George, A.S. (2009) Australian Botanist's Companion, Four Gables Press, WA.


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