Born: 15 December 1908, Australia
Died: 29 May 1979
Country most active: Australia
Also known as: NA
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Joyce Vickery was a forensic botanist who was most noted for her work on the kidnap and murder case of Graham Thorne in 1960. The successful conviction of the culprit was based largely on her analysis of crime scene plant matter and soil. Vickery was the first female researcher appointed to the New South Wales Herbarium and many of her taxonomic correspondences between 1935 and 1972 are housed at the Royal Botanic Gardens, New South Wales.
Chronology
1931: Education – Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Sydney
1931 – 1936: Career position – Science research scholarship, University of Sydney
1933: Education – Master of Science (MSc), University of Sydney
1934: Career position – President, University of Sydney Biology Society
1936 – 1964: Career position – Assistant Botanist, National Herbarium of New South Wales
1937 – 1938: Career position – Spent a year at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, London
1949: Career position – Honorary Abstractor (Botany), Australian Science Abstracts, Australian National Research Council
1959: Education – Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Sydney
1962: Award – Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) – Botanist with the NSW Agriculture Department
1964: Award – Clarke Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales
1964 – 1968: Career position – Senior Botanist, National Herbarium of New South Wales
1968: Life event – Retired
1971 – 1978: Life event – Honorary Treasurer, Linnean Society of New South Wales
1973 – 1979: Life event – Honorary Research Fellow, National Herbarium of New South Wales
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