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230:"She lived through the era of elegant gowns and romantic dances and confessed she loved dancing the tango. She seemed proud of never having married - in those days, ''one had to give up work as soon as one married'' - and was proud to be a woman with an important academic career." ... "Tindale's assistants at the Botanic Gardens were mostly men. She was an exacting boss who kept them on their toes, toughening them up for their botanical careers." 114: 218:(1994). She served on numerous international committees for ferns, and was a member of the Special Committee for Pteridophytes in the International Bureau of Plant Taxonomy and Nomenclature from the years of 1965 to 2005. In addition she was the secretary of the Systematic Botany Committee of ANZAAS. 49 taxon names have been authored by Mary Douglas Tindale and she contributed to ten books on botany. 213:
Tindale worked on the genera Glycine and Acacia. She was the first officer within NSW in the public service to be given the position of a Principal Research Scientist. She was an authority on both wattles and the native soya bean, known as Glycine. Tindale was an author of the 4th edition of the book
238:"She was slapdash with her lipstick but prepared for every eventuality - on one occasion at a grand function, where there wasn't enough light to read the menu, she reached into her bag and got out a magnifying glass and a large torch." 175:, the only child of George Harold Tindale and Grace Matilda Tindale. She attended primary school in New York while her father served as British Ambassador to the United States. She returned to Sydney, Australia to attend high school at 484: 234:
Reporting on her career and also preparation, the Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria Australian National Herbarium - Biographical Notes, states that,
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from 1949 to 1951. After completing her Doctor of Science at Sydney University in 1964, she was appointed the first principal research scientist at
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Tindale was reported to attend 'as many international botanical congresses as possible'.
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1948 - Linnean Macleay Fellowship (Botany), for study at the University of Sydney
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Tindale, M.D. 1963. Studies in Australian Pteridophytes. No. 4.
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species complex (Fabaceae: Phaseolae) reveals two new species.
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Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium
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Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium
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Pfeil, B.E. & Tindale, M.D. 2001. A review of the
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Tindale, M.D. & Kodela, P.G. 1992. New species of
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Tindale, M.D., Bedward, M. & Kodela, P.G. 1996.
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Randwick
Sydney
Australia
Scholia
Mary Douglas Tindale (Q4815140)
Australia
botanist
pteridology
Acacia
Glycine
Randwick, New South Wales
Abbotsleigh
Sydney University
Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney
Australian Botanical Liaison Officer
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
NSW Public Works
Reference page
Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 3(4): 245–248.
DOI:10.7751/telopea19753110
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10.1071/SB9960307
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10.1071/SB9960859
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10.1071/SB00041.
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