Hindmarsh, Mary (1921–2000)
Hindmarsh, Mary (1921–2000)
Australian botanist. Name variations: Mary Maclean Hindmarsh. Born July 21, 1921; died April 10, 2000; New England University College in Armidale, Australia, BS, 1943; Sydney University, PhD, 1953.
Celebrated botanist, conducted postgraduate research at Chester Beatty Research Institute at Royal Cancer Hospital in London (1953–54); worked as botany lecturer (1954–59), senior lecturer (1959–72), and associate professor (1972–78) at New South Wales University of Technology in Ultimo (later University of New South Wales, Kensington, Sydney); served as a Linnean Society of New South Wales council member (1970–74); began to study rainforest species south of the Macleay River watershed, but the death of colleague John Waterhouse (1983) halted the project.