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### Author
Shirley, John F. (1849-1922), British-born naturalist and educationist; B.Sc. Univ. London; school teacher in Birmingham; to Queensland 1878; headmaster at Roma, Qld. 1878; inspector of schools 1879, senior inspector 1909; principal of the Teacher's Training College, Brisbane 1914-1919; Dr. Sci. Univ. Sydney 1912.
**Abbreviated name**: *Shirley* \[standard form in IPNI: *Shirley*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection NSW|NSW]]; further material in [[Collection A|A]], [[Collection BRI|BRI]], [[Collection CAIRNS|CAIRNS]], [[Collection MEL|MEL]], [[Collection PH|PH]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 3: 272 (b. 11 Aug 1849, d. 4 Apr 1922); BL 1: 70, 318; BM 4: 1916; Desmond p. 556; GR p. 380, cat. p. 71; HR, LS 24857-24862; SBC p. 132; Tucker 1: 648.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Austral. Encycl. 8: 123. 1965; Brit. Mus. gen. cat. print. books 221: 557. 1964; Who's who science 1913: 449, 1914: 525.
- Colliver, F.S., Proc. R. Soc. Queensland 71: 94-95. 1960 (list publ. Shirley in Proc.).
- Hall, N., Bot. Eucalypts 117. 1978.
- Norton, J., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 25: 785. 1900.
- Laundon, J.R., Lichenologist 11: 17. 1979.
- Waterhouse, G.A., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 48: vii-viii. 1923 (obit.).
- Wetmore, C.M., Rev. bryol. lichénol. 32: 226, 229. 1963 (coll. lich. Tasmania).
- White, J.T., Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland 34: 2-3. 1922 (obit.).
### Publications
##### n.11.902. The lichen flora of Queensland
**Title**
*The lichen flora of Queensland*, with descriptions of species;... \[1888-1889\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: In Proc. R. Soc. Queensland 5(3): \[78\]-110, *1 pl*. 1888, 6(1): \[3\]-54, *pl. 1-2*, 6(4): 129-154, 6(5): 165-218. 1889, 6(6): \[159\]-197, \[i\]-v. 3 Oct 1889.
*Additions*: ib. 5(1): 7-10. 1888, 5(2): 72-75. 1888, 6(2, 3): 115-116. 1889. – Nat. Nov. Jan(1) 1897 mentions "The lichen flora of Queensland. Brisbane 1895. 8, 203 pg." not seen by us.
##### n.11.903. Lichens from Warwick
**Title**
*Lichens from Warwick* and neighbourhood... Proc. Roy. Soc. Qd., vol. viii, part 4, 1891-92. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1892, p. \[1\]-4. *Copy*: FH. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland 8(4): 132-135. 1892.
##### n.11.904. A list of the known lichens of Tasmania
**Title**
*A list of the known lichens of Tasmania* \[Pap. Poc. Rep. R. Soc. Tasmania, 1892\]. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *List lich. Tasmania*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Dec 1892, p. \[1\]-13. *Copy*: G. – Preprinted from Pap. Proc. Rep. R. Soc. Tasmania 1892: 179-191. 1893.