Barbara Gillian Briggs AM PSM (born 1934) is one of the foremost Australian botanists. The IK lists 205 names of plants which have been published or co-published by her. She was one of the botanists in the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, of the 1998 Archived 22 August 2006 at the Wayback Machine APG system.
Barbara Gillian Briggs
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| Born | 1934 (age 89–90) |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Education | University of Sydney Ph.D. 1961 |
| Awards | Clarke Medal, Public Service Medal, Member of the Order of Australia |
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| Fields | Botany |
| Institutions | Sydney Botanical Gardens |
| Thesis | Studies in the experimental taxonomy of Ranunculus and Darwinia. |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | B.G.Briggs |
Briggs was employed at the Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney from 1959. She was awarded a PhD from the University of Sydney in 1960.[1]
Briggs and Craig Anthony Atkins were co-awarded the Clarke Medal of the Royal Society of New South Wales in 1994.[2]
Briggs was awarded the Public Service Medal in 1998.[3] She was made a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours for "significant service to science and research as a botanist, to documenting Australian flora, and to professional societies".[4][5] She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales (FRSN).[6]
Since her retirement she continues as an Honorary Research Associate at the Sydney Botanical Gardens.
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For significant service to science and research as a botanist, to documenting Australian flora, and to professional societies.