Robinson, Barrie   (1943 -  )

Born on 29 May 1943 in Sheffield UK;

Elder son of Jack Leslie and Louie Robinson.

He emigrated with his parents to Tasmania in 1952 as 'Ten Pound Poms', and lived in Burnie.

His family, were active members of the Burnie Field Naturalists' Society.

He studied at University of Tasmania and graduated BA (Hons) in Pure and Applied Mathematics in 1964.

At this stage he developed an interest in Lycopodium, and then in ferns, encouraged and mentored by Maisie Melbourne of the Burnie Field Naturalists.

He worked in the Metrology Unit of the Department of Defence in Victoria before returning to Hobart to teach Maths at the Technical College at Hobart Matriculation College (1966) and then at Hobart Technical college, Tasmanian CAE/Tasmanian State Institute of Technology and University of Tasmania until his retirement in 2002.

He received a BSc in Botany (1979) and then MSc (1993) for his research on the taxonomy of Grammitis (now Notogrammitis) in Australia and New Zealand using numerical and chemical methods. Part of the work for this was based on collecting trips in eastern Australia and New Zealand in 1987-8.

He took Study Leave in 1995-6 where he did botanical and mathematical research in North America, the UK and Europe, visiting the herbaria at the British Museum of Natural History, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris and the Botanisches Museum in Berlin to inspect the type specimens of several Australian native species.

His main interests in botany are ferns and fern allies, Cyperaceae, Juncaeae and other monocots.

He also has an interest in family history and genealogy.

Source: Extracted from:
Barrie Robinson, pers.comm M.Fagg 5/3/2026
https://launceston.tasfhs.org/downloads/Newsletters/69_May_2022.pdf
Portrait Photo: 2020, supplied by Barrie Robinson.

Collecting localities for 'Robinson, B.' (filtered) from AVH (2025)

Data from 257 specimens