John Frederick Bailey

John Frederick Bailey
Born(1866-08-05)5 August 1866
Brisbane, Australia
Died19 May 1938(1938-05-19) (aged 71)
Brisbane, Australia
Scientific career
FieldsBotany, horticulture

John Frederick Bailey (5 August 1866 – 19 May 1938) was a botanist and horticulturist active in Australia in the late 19th and early 20th century.

Bailey became Director of the Botanic Gardens of Brisbane in 1905.[1] He succeeded his father, Frederick Manson Bailey, as state botanist of Queensland for 18 months in 1915–1916. He was subsequently the Director of the Botanic Gardens of Adelaide from 1917 to 1932.[2]

  1. ^ Vallee, Peter (1979), "Bailey, John Frederick (1866–1938)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 7, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 25 May 2019
  2. ^ George, Alex S. (13 December 2012). "Bailey, John Frederick (1866 - 1938)". Biographical Notes. Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria, Australian National Herbarium. Retrieved 31 May 2014.