> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 450](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33066790) of TL-2 Vol. VII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/11862-1) LSID 11862-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1375232) QID Q1375232 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Woolls, William (1814-1893), British-born Australian school teacher, journalist and botanist; Dr. phil. Göttingen 1870 (in absentia, not h.c); emigrated to Australia 1832; assistant master at The King's School, Parramatta 1832-1836, journalist and private teacher at Sydney 1836; classical master at Sydney College, later in charge of a private school at Parramatta until 1865; took holy orders in the Church of England 1873; episcopal minister, later dean at Richmond 1873-1883; retirement at Sydney. **Abbreviated name**: *Woolls* \[standard form in IPNI: *Woolls*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection NSW|NSW]]. – Further material at [[Collection GOET|GOET]], [[Collection MEL|MEL]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 520; BB p. 335; BJI 1: 64; BL 1: 67, 324; BM 5: 2360; Bossert p. 442; CSP 8: 1274, 11: 850, 19: 714; Desmond p. 676 (d. 14 Mar 1893); Herder p. 230; Hortus 3: 1207; Jackson p. 6, 63, 398, 399; LS 29261; PR 10399; Rehder 5: 932; Tucker 1: 754, 3: 341. #### Biofile - Anon., J. Bot. 31: 128. 1893 (d.); Nat- Nov. *15- 159*. 1893 (d.); Nature 47: 495. 1893 (d.); Proc. Linn. Soc. 1892-1893: 27-28. 1893 (obit.); Vict. Naturalist 9: 185. 1893 (obit.). - Bentham, G., Fl. austral. 1: 14. 1863. - Haswell, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 7: 669. 1893 (obit. not.). - Campbell, W.S., Vict. Natural. 49: 135-140. 1932 (recollections). - Carr, D.J. & G.M. eds., People pl. Austral. 25, 42, 76, 212, 247-252, 343. 1981. - Hall, N., Bot. Eucalypts 136-137. 1978. - Hooker, J.D., Fl. Tasman. cxxvii. 1859. - Maiden, J.H., J. Proc. R. Soc. N.S.W. 42: 130-132. 1908. - Serle, P., Dict. Austral. Biogr. 2: 509-510. 1949. - Wagenitz, G., Index coll. princ. herb. Gott. 183. 1982 (Dr. phil. Gött. 1870, in absentia, not h.c). ### Publications ##### n.18.274. A contribution to the flora of Australia **Title** *A contribution to the flora of Australia*... Sydney (F. White,...) Parramatta (J. Ferguson,...), Melbourne (G. Robertson,...) 1867. Oct. (in 4-s). **Abbreviated title**: *Contr. fl. Australia*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Dec 1867 (p. vi: Dec 1867), p. \[i\]-x, \[1\]-255. *Copies*: G, HH, M, MO, NSW, NY; IDC 5176. ##### n.18.275. The progress of botanical discovery in Australia **Title** *The progress of botanical discovery in Australia*: a lecture delivered in the Mechanics' School of Arts, Parramatta, on Tuesday Evening, July 13th, 1869, at the request of the committee of the Cumberland Mutual Improvement Society,... Sydney (F. Cunninghame & Co.,...) 1869. **Abbreviated title**: *Progr. bot. discov. Australia*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1869, p. \[1\]-41. *Copies*: BM, Chapman. ##### n.18.276. Species plantarum paramattensium **Title** *Species plantarum paramattensium* secundum ordines naturales... Gottingae \[Göttingen\] (typis expressit Officina academica G.Fr. Kaestner) 1871. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Sp. pl. paramatt.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1871, p. \[i\]-x, \[1\]-49. *Copies*: B-S, GOET, M. ##### n.18.277. Lectures on the vegetable kingdom **Title** *Lectures on the vegetable kingdom*, with special reference to the flora of Australia... Sydney and Parramatta (C.E. Fuller,...) 1879. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Lect. veg. kingd.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Nov-Dec 1879 (p. \[v\]: Oct 1879; Bot. Zeit. 30 Apr 1880), p. \[i-vii\], \[1\]-227. *Copies: *HH, NSW, NY; IDC 5177. – Bot. Centralbl. 1881, Bot. Zeit. 1881 and J. Bot. 1881, all mention an issue of "228" p. Sydney 1881 as well. ##### n.18.278. Plants indigenous in the neighbourhood of Sydney **Title** *Plants indigenous in the neighbourhood of Sydney*, arranged according to the system of Baron F. von Mueller,... by W. Woolls,... Sydney (Thomas Richards...) 1880. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Pl Sydney*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jan-Apr 1880 (Bot. Centralbl. 17-18 Jun 1880; Bot. Zcit. 27 Aug 1880; J. Bot. Aug 1880; Nat. Nov. Sep(1) 1880), p. \[1\]-59. *Copies*: G, HH, MO, USDA. *Ed*. \[*2*\]: 1891 (p. \[2\]: Dec 1890; J. Bot. Jul 1891; Bot. Centralbl. 2 Jul 1891), p. \[1\]-71. *Copies*: HH, PH, US, USDA. – *Plants indigenous and naturalised* in the neighbourhood of Sydney,... Sydney (George Stephen Chapman,...) 1891. Oct. ##### n.18.279. The plants of New South Wales **Title** *The plants of New South Wales*, according to the census of Baron F. von Mueller. ... with an introductory essay and occasional notes... Sydney (Thomas Richards,...) 1885. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Pl N.S.W.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1885, p. \[i\], \[1\]-121. *Copies*: G, HH, PH, U, US, USDA.