Timothy John Entwisle Explained

Timothy John Entwisle
Birth Date:1960 6, df=yes
Birth Place:Nhill
Fields:Botany
Phycology
Systematics
Taxonomy
Workplaces:Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney
Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria
Nationality:Australian
Author Abbrev Bot:Entwisle
Thesis Title:Taxonomic studies on Vaucheria (Vaucheriaceae, Chrysophyta) in South-Eastern Australia
Thesis Url:https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/23512111
Thesis Year:1986

Timothy (Tim) John Entwisle (born 17 June 1960) is an Australian botanist, much of whose research work is in phycology (algae). See for example the articles. He was awarded a Ph.D. from La Trobe University in 1986 for work on the taxonomy of Vaucheria.[1]

He was New South Wales’ Government Botanist in 2007 and 2008,[2] [3] and for eight years was the executive director of the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney (2003–2011).[4] Subsequently, he was director of Conservation, Living Collections and Estates, Kew, London from 2011,[5] [6] and from 2013 to 2023 he was director and chief executive of the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria.[7] He is an honorary professorial fellow at the University of Melbourne and is currently (2020) president of the International Association of Botanic Gardens.[8]

As director of the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney, Entwisle managed Sydney's Royal Botanic Gardens, the Mount Tomah Botanic Garden, in the Blue Mountains and the Mount Annan Botanic Garden, near Camden, and at Kew, he was responsible for Kew Gardens, Wakehurst Place, and the Millennium Seed Bank. A major project on taking up the Victorian appointment has been succession planning for the gardens under climate change.[9]

He values communicating with the general public as well as the scientific community. He is interviewed on radio frequently and had a program, Talking Plants, on ABC radio,,[10] which ran from December 2014[11] to January 2016.[12] He is a regular contributor to the ABC radio program, Blueprint for living.[13] He also writes blogs on plants,[14] [15] and articles for Gardening Australia.[16]

In 2022, Tim was on the panel of expert judges for ABC's ‘Australia's Favourite Tree’ competition, where he appeared on episodes of ABC TV's show Catalyst.[17] He also helped select the short-listed trees for a public poll which drew 265,000 responses over three weeks and contributed to ABC's live blog[18] and various ABC radio conversations about the poll.

In the same year, Thames &Hudson published his memoir called ‘Evergreen: The Botanical Life of a Plant Punk’[19] about his experiences as director of Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney, Kew and Melbourne, as well as his life influences and perspectives, particularly about the role of public gardens. His love of garage music and algae feature in the early years, and there is a chapter on the very public removal of ten fig trees in Sydney during his time as director there.

He continues to publish in phycology.[20] [21] [22]

Honours

The algal genus, Entwisleia F.J.Scott, G.W.Saunders & Kraft, 2013, was named for him.[23] [24]

Some published names

(in Algae, as T.J.Entwisle)

(Some 120 algal species listed, not all currently accepted)

Publications

(incomplete)

Books

Articles

External links

Notes and References

  1. Taxonomic studies on Vaucheria (Vaucheriaceae, Chrysophyta) in South-Eastern Australia. 1986. Ph.D.. English. Timothy John. Entwisle.
  2. Web site: Entwisle, Tim - biography. www.anbg.gov.au. en. 2020-04-19.
  3. Web site: Botanic Gardens Trust Annual Report 2007–2008.
  4. Web site: Sydney Botanic Gardens Trust Head Accepts Prestigious London Post - Australasian Leisure Management. www.ausleisure.com.au. 2020-04-19.
  5. Web site: Tim Entwisle appointed Director of Conservation, Living Collections and Estates, Kew Gardens – Atlas of Living Australia. 22 March 2011 . en-US. 2020-04-19.
  6. Web site: The life botanic leads to the head of the Kew. SCIENCE. Nicky Phillips. 2010-11-16. The Sydney Morning Herald. en. 2020-04-21.
  7. Web site: Prof Tim Entwisle . Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. rbg.vic.gov.au. 2019-10-24.
  8. Web site: Welcome to IABG. iabg.scbg.cas.cn. 2020-04-19.
  9. Entwisle. T.J.. Cole. C.. Symes. P.. 2017. Adapting the botanical landscape of Melbourne Gardens (Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria) in response to climate change. Plant Diversity. en. 39. 6. 338–347. 10.1016/j.pld.2017.11.001. 6112324. 30159527.
  10. Web site: Tim Entwisle (Program: Talking Plants). 2014-11-18. Radio National. en-AU. 2019-10-24.
  11. Web site: Past Programs by Date - Talking Plants (2014) - ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). Radio National. en. 2019-10-28.
  12. Web site: Past Programs by Date - Talking Plants (2016) - ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). Radio National. en. 2019-10-28.
  13. Web site: Blueprint for Living: Tim Entwisle. 2018-05-25. Radio National. en-AU. 2019-10-28.
  14. Web site: Talking Plants. talkingplants.blogspot.com. 2019-10-24.
  15. Web site: Talking Plants Too. talkingplants2.blogspot.com. en. 2019-10-24.
  16. Web site: Gardening Australia: The Gardener's bucket list. Entwisle, T.. 2019-07-01. PressReader. 2019-10-28.
  17. Web site: Australia's Favourite Tree . 2022-10-13 . ABC iview . en.
  18. News: 2022-08-25 . River red gum crowned Australia's favourite native tree, leaving Moreton Bay fig fans and boab boosters gutted . en-AU . ABC News . 2022-10-13.
  19. Web site: Evergreen . 2022-10-13 . Thames & Hudson Australia & New Zealand . en-US.
  20. Entwisle . T.J. . Vis . M.L. . Chiasson . W.B. . Necchi Jr. . O. . Sherwood . A.R. . 2009 . Systematics of the Batrachospermales (Rhodophyta)-A Synthesis . Journal of Phycology . en . 45 . 3 . 704–715 . 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2009.00686.x . 27034046 . 37719928.
  21. Lam . D.W. . Entwisle . T.J. . Eloranta . P. . Kwandrans . J. . Vis . M.L. . 2012 . Circumscription of species in the genus Sirodotia (Batrachospermales, Rhodophyta) based on molecular and morphological data . European Journal of Phycology . en . 47 . 1 . 42–50 . 10.1080/09670262.2011.645885 . 0967-0262 . 85033216.
  22. Entwisle . T.J. . Johnston . E.T. . Lam . D.W. . Stewart . S.A. . Vis . M.L. . 2016 . De Clerck . O. . Nocturama gen. nov., Nothocladus s. lat. and other taxonomic novelties resulting from the further resolution of paraphyly in Australasian members of Batrachospermum (Batrachospermales, Rhodophyta) . Journal of Phycology . en . 52 . 3 . 384–396 . 10.1111/jpy.12401 . 27273531 . 25810620.
  23. Web site: M.D. Guiry. Michael D. Guiry. Entwisleia F.J.Scott, G.W.Saunders & Kraft, 2013 :: Algaebase. www.algaebase.org. 2019-10-24. Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.
  24. Scott. Fiona J.. Saunders. Gary W.. Kraft. Gerald T.. Entwisleia bella, gen. et sp. nov., a novel marine 'batrachospermaceous' red alga from southeastern Tasmania representing a new family and order in the Nemaliophycidae. European Journal of Phycology. 48. 4. 2013. 398–410. 0967-0262. 10.1080/09670262.2013.849359. 85309943. pdf

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