> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 74](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33259578) of TL-2 Suppl. VII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/18685-1) LSID 18685-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5103991) QID Q5103991 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Fawcett, Stella Grace Maisie (1912-1988), Australian botanist who published on mycology, alpine ecology, botanical history and *Eucalyptus*, born in Footscray, a suburb of Melbourne, B.Sc. 1935 and M.Sc. 1937 Melbourne Univ. (the latter degree supervised by Ethel Irene McLennan, 1891-1983), joined Soil Conservation Board (later Soil Conservation Authority) 1941 and stationed in Omeo (Victoria), married Denis John Carr (1915-x) in 1955, moved with him to Belfast when he was appointed Prof. of Botany, Queen's Univ. 1959, returned alone to Australia to collect plants 1965, rejoined her husband at Harvard Univ., Cambridge, Mass. and worked in the Gray Herb., both returned to Australian Natl. Univ., Canberra where she was Visiting Fellow 1967-1988, died 9 Sep 1988 in Canberra. **Abbreviated name**: *S.G.M. Fawc.* \[standard form in IPNI: *S.G.M.Fawc.*\] #### Note Fawcett published under the name of S.G. Maisie Carr after her marriage in 1955, both alone and with her husband. #### Herbarium and types [[Collection FRI|FRI]] (transfered to [[Collection CANB|CANB]]), duplicates [[Collection AD|AD]], [[Collection ADW|ADW]] (now [[Collection AD|AD]]), [[Collection MELU|MELU]], [[Collection NT|NT]] (now [[Collection DNA|DNA]]), [[Collection PERTH|PERTH]]. #### Bibliography and biography APN p. 195 (as "S.G.M. Fawcett"); Barnhart 1: 530; BL 1: 227, 295; Kew 1: 483 (as "S.G.M. Carr"), 2: 241 (as "S.G.M. Fawcett"). #### Biofile - Anon., Newslett. Austral. Syst. Bot. Soc. 56: 30. 1988. - Carr, D.J., 1989. Newslett. Austral. Syst. Bot. Soc. 58: 21-27. (bibl.) - Gillbank, L., 1992. Scientific exploration of the botanical heritage of Victoria's Alps. *In*, B. Scougall (ed.), Cultural Heritage of the Australian Alps, Proceedings of the symposium held at Jindabyne, New South Wales, 16–18 October 1991. Australian Alps Liaison Committee. (n.v.) - Gillbank, L., 1993. *In*, F. Kelly (ed.), On the edge of discovery: Australian women in science, Melbourne (Text Publishing Company): 133-154. (n.v.). - Hall, N., 1978. Botanists of the Eucalypts (Melbourne): 36-37. - Short, P.S. (ed.), 1990. Hist. systematic bot. Australasia: 321. (index) - Willis, J.H. et al., 1986. Res. Notes W. Austral. Herb. 12: 20. (as "Carr") ### Publications ##### n.33.983. Studies **Title** *Studies* on the *Australian Clavariaceae*. – Part I\[-III\]... Reprinted from Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria... 1939\[-1940\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*. \[*1*\]: 23 Jan 1939 (as reprint, date on cover-t.p., read 16 Dec 1937), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-20, 21-29 \[*pl*. on these latter pages\]. *Copies*: BKL, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria, ser. 2, 51(1): 1-29. 1939. *2*: 24 Jul 1939 (as reprint, id., read 8 Dec 1938), cover-t.p., p. \[265\]-280, 281-293 \[=*pl*. *17-23*, i.e. phot., on these latter pages\]. *Copies*: BKL, NY. – Id., ser. 2, 51(2): 265-293, *pl. 17-23.* 1939. *3*: 1 Mar 1940 (as reprint, id., read 13 Jul 1939), cover-t.p., p. \[153\]-158, *pl. 6-7* \[on recto of p. 159-162\]. *Copy*: BKL – Id., ser. 2, 52(1): 153-163. 1940.