Arthur Wolfgang Thies 10 November 1918 - 20 February 2013 PDF
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Tribute ArthurWolfgang Thies 10 November 1918 - 20 February2013 Arthur Thies, who has died at the age of 94, was elected a member of the Field NaturalistsClubofVictoriainApril 1978. Almost immediately he became active in the operations of the Club, serving on Council in various capacities between 1978and 1985. FromAugust 1978hewas Correspondence Secretary. He was Hon- orarySecretaryinJuneandJuly1981,and Assistant HonorarySecretary 1984-1985. ArthurwasborninTheHague,Nether- lands, and was a German national when he arrived in Australia in 1949; he ap- plied to become a naturalised Australian in 1954. His working life was spent in engineering; in retirement he was able to indulgehis interests in the naturalworld, and thereafter freelyand generouslygave of his time with a number of related organisations. PhotobyLeonCostermans Arthurs field ofinterestwas bryophytes, and this was an area in which he made significant Arthurcontributed to The Victorian Natural- contributions, particularlyin relationto moss- istoveraperiodof23years,from 1978to2001. es. Hewasanavidcollectorinhischosenfield, In addition to a number ofbook reviews, he amassing994specimensfromeasternAustralia wastheauthoroftwo Contributions regarding (the vast majority from Victoria) and Lord themossesofLordHoweIsland, asfollows: Howe Island, between March 1978 and March ‘Moss collections from Lord Howe Island in the National 2000. All ofthese specimens are lodged in the Herbarium ofVictoria (MEL)’ 7he Victorian Naturalist, NaAtritohnuarlHwearsbaariluomn.g-standing member of the (w2iH0to0hw0,Je1MIi1sll7an,ne1d)1i0‘n-A1t1dhe3d.eNantdiuomnaltoHeMrobsasricoulmleocftViiocntsorfirao(mMELLo)r’d Victorian National Parks Association, and was TheVictorianNaturalist,2001, 118,89-92. an outstanding leader of bushwalks for this organisation. HewasalsoanHonoraryAssoci- Inwriting this tribute Ihavebeengenerously atewiththeRoyalBotanicGardens Melbourne assisted by Sheila Houghton, Margaret Cor- from 1991 untiltheendof2004. Havingdevel- rick, Pina Milne and Michael Howes, and am oped a great knowledge ofhis favorite subject pleasedtothankthemall. Arthur was the natural person to help in the National Herbarium’sBryophytecollection. He was able to identify many ofthe specimens in the moss andliverwort collections, and subse- quently took on the task ofarranging the col- GaryPresland lection. 40WilliamStreet BoxHill,Victoria3128 86 TheVictorianNaturalist
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