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In what year did William Blakely begin working at the National Herbarium of New South Wales?

1910
1913
1920
1930

Answer

William Blakely began working at the National Herbarium of New South Wales in 1913. He was born in 1866 in London and studied botany at the University of Sydney. He was appointed as an assistant curator at the National Herbarium in 1911 and became the curator in 1913. He held this position until his death in 1945.