About Stanley Thatcher Blake
Lived 1910 – 1973 (aged 62–63). Stanley Thatcher Blake was an Australian botanist and botanical collector.
Stanley Thatcher Blake (1910 – 24 February 1973) was an Australian botanist who served as president of the Royal Society of Queensland and who was associated with the Queensland Herbarium beginning in 1945 until his death.
Background Prior to his stint with the Herbarium, Blake received a Walter and Eliza Hall Fellowship which allowed him to undertake botanical collecting expeditions to Western Queensland (1935–1937).
Blake is also credited with validating the name Melaleuca quinquenervia, which was initially proposed by Antonio José Cavanilles (1745–1804).
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Who was Stanley Thatcher Blake?
Australian botanist (1910-1973)
When was Stanley Thatcher Blake born?
Stanley Thatcher Blake was born in 1910 in Queensland.
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Stanley Thatcher Blake died on 24 February 1973 in Brisbane.
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Stanley Thatcher Blake was a botanist and botanical collector.
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Stanley Thatcher Blake was Australian.
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