Alex George (botanist)

He worked under Charles Gardner for a year before the latter's retirement, and partly credits him with rekindling an interest in banksias.

In 1963 he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Western Australia, and the following year added a botany major.

[2] George initially specialised in orchids, but his focus gradually moved to the Proteaceae genera Banksia and Dryandra and later Synaphea.

In 2004 George received the Nancy T. Burbidge Medal from the Australasian Systematic Botany Society,[4][5] and an honorary Doctor of Science from Murdoch University in 2009.

[citation needed] On 11 June 2012, he was named a Member of the Order of Australia for "service to conservation and the environment as a botanist, historian and author, particularly in the area of Australian flora, and through roles with national and international professional organisations.