Donald McGillivray (botanist)

Donald McGillivray
Born	Donald John McGillivray (1935-08-20)20 August 1935 Griffith, New South Wales, Australia
Died	17 August 2012(2012-08-17) (aged 76)
Nationality	Australian
Education	Gosford High School
Alma mater	University of Sydney Australian National University
Awards	Engler Medal (1993)
Scientific career
Fields	Botany
Institutions	Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney
Author abbrev. (botany)	McGill.

Donald John McGillivray (20 August 1935 – 17 August 2012^[1]) in New South Wales, Australia, usually known as D.J. McGillivray, was an Australian botanical taxonomist. He was trained in forestry, and became interested in plant taxonomy just before he transferred in 1964 to the National Herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney.

From 1969 to 1970, he was the Australian Botanical Liaison Officer at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, London.^[2]

McGillivray specialised in the Grevillea genus and, in 1993, published Grevillea – Proteaceae: A Taxonomic Revision, a definitive scientific survey of the prolific Australian plant genus.

References

1. "Vale Donald John (Don) McGillivray" (PDF). Australian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter (154): 16–20. March 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
2. "A brief history of the ABLO position". Archived from the original on 5 January 2007. Retrieved 20 August 2008.

Government offices
Preceded by A.S. George	Australian Botanical Liaison Officer 1969–1970	Succeeded by John Carrick

1. International Plant Names Index.  McGill.