Barbara G. Briggs, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Barbara G. Briggs

botanist

Date of Birth: 15-Jun-1934

Place of Birth: London

Profession: botanist

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Barbara Gillian Briggs (born 1934) is one of the foremost Australian botanists.
The IK lists 205 names of plants which have been published or co-published by her.
She was one of the botanists in the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, of the 1998 APG system. Briggs and Craig Anthony Atkins were co-awarded the Clarke Medal of the Royal Society of New South Wales in 1994.Briggs was awarded the Public Service Medal in 1998.
She was made a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours for "significant service to science and research as a botanist, to documenting Australian flora, and to professional societies".
She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales (FRSN).Since her retirement she continues as an Honorary Research Associate at the Sydney Botanical Gardens.