| 词条 | Fred Humphreys |
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| name = Frederick William Humphreys | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1907|11|11|df=y}} | birth_place = Kalgoorlie, Australia | death_date = {{Death date and age|1967|09|03|1907|11|11|df=y}} | death_place = | death_cause = | monuments = {{Plainlist|
}} | residence = | other_names = Fred | education = | alma_mater = University of Western Australia | occupation = Government official | employer = | organization = | known_for = Botany | notable_works = The Banksia Book }}Frederick William "Fred" Humphreys (11 November 1907 – 3 September 1967) was an Australian government official and an amateur photographer and botanist whose work culminated in the posthumous publication of The Banksia Book, a book on Banksia. He discovered Banksia grossa in the Stirling Range in 1967.[1] Life and careerHumphreys was born in Kalgoorlie. He attended University of Western Australia, where he participated in track and running events. He graduated with a Diploma in Commerce in 1934. He took a position with the Commonwealth Public Service in Immigration and Social Services. He later returned to Western Australia as State Director of Social Services.[2] Both Humphreys and his wife Evelyn were keen members of the Wildflower Society of Western Australia. Author Alex George said Humphreys conceived the idea of a series of popular books on plants such as Banksias, Dryandras, and Verticordias, and endeavoured to photograph every species of Banksia.[3] However, he died before he could accomplish this. His enthusiasm prompted George to finish a book on banksias, after the conclusion of his monograph "The genus Banksia L.f. (Proteaceae)".[3] Humphreys donated his slides of flowers to the Western Australian Herbarium and the Australian National Botanic Gardens.[2] At the time of his death the Social Services Department was located in the building which bore his name, Humphreys House.[2] The F.W. Humphreys Perpetual Trophy at UWA is named in his honor.[2] American botanist Sherwin Carlquist named a triggerplant from the Great Victoria Desert, Stylidium humphreysii, in his honour in 1969.[4] References1. ^{{cite book|last=Sharr|first=Francis Aubie|title=Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings: A Glossary|year=1996|publisher=UWA Publishing|isbn=9781875560431}} {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Humphreys, Fred}}2. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|url=http://www.uwaac.com.au/customdata/index.cfm?fuseaction=display_main&ItemID=24107&OrgID=549&count=1|title=Fred Humphreys|last=Young |first=Don |year=2001|work=UWA Athletics|publisher=University of Western Australia|accessdate=15 November 2012}} 3. ^1 {{cite book|last1=George|first1=Alex S|last2=Gardner|first2=Charles A|title='The Banksia Book|year=1996|publisher=Kangaroo Press|isbn=9780864178183}} 4. ^{{cite journal|last=Sherwin Carlquist|date=April 18, 1969|title=Studies in Stylidiaceae: New Taxa, Field Observations, Evolutionary Tendencies|journal=Aliso: A Journal of Taxonomic and Evolutionary Botany|volume=7|issue=1|url=http://www.sherwincarlquist.com/pdf/Studies-in-Stylidiaceae-New-Taxa_1969.pdf|accessdate=15 November 2012}} 6 : 1907 births|1967 deaths|Australian botanists|Australian public servants|People from Kalgoorlie|20th-century botanists |
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