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"Eucalyptus cullenii, commonly known as Cullen's ironbark, is a species of small to medium-sized tree that is endemic to Queensland. It has thick, rough, deeply furrowed "ironbark", lance-shaped adult leaves, green to yellow flower buds in groups of seven, white flowers and hemispherical fruit. Description Eucalyptus cullenii is a tree that typically grows to a height of and forms a lignotuber. It has thick, rough, dark grey or black, deeply and widely furrowed ironbark on its trunk and branches. Young plants and coppice regrowth have dull, linear to narrow lance-shaped leaves long and wide. Adult leaves are lance-shaped, the same dull green or greyish green on both sides, long and wide on a petiole long. The flower buds are arranged in groups of seven on a peduncle long, the individual buds on a pedicel long. Mature buds are oval to spherical or pear-shaped, green to yellow, long and wide with a rounded operculum. Flowering occurs from January to May and the flowers are white. The fruit is a woody hemispherical capsule long and wide on a pedicel long with the valves close to rim level. Taxonomy and naming Eucalyptus cullenii was first formally described in 1920 by Richard Hind Cambage from a specimen collected at Almaden in 1913. The specific epithet (cullenii) honours William Portus Cullen, a barrister and later Chief Justice of New South Wales. Distribution and habitat Cullen's ironbark grows in red podsols and shallow stony soil in hilly or undulating woodland on the northern and eastern parts of the Cape York Peninsula. Conservation status This eucalypt is classified as "least concern" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992. See also *List of Eucalyptus species References Category:Trees of Australia cullenii Category:Myrtales of Australia Category:Flora of Queensland Category:Plants described in 1920 "
"Nora E. Scott (July 14, 1905 – April 4, 1994) was an Egyptologist and Curator of Egyptian Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She was also the author of two museum monographs and numerous articles on ancient Egypt. Biography Nora Elizabeth Scott was born in Prestwick, Scotland in 1905. The family moved to Kingston, Ontario, Canada, a few years later when her father, Ernest F. Scott, took up a post as professor at Queen's College. In 1919, the family moved to New York, where Ernest Scott became a professor at Union Theological Seminary. Scott got her undergraduate degree in classics from Barnard College. She continued her education at Oxford University in 1927, studying Egyptology with Francis Llewellyn Griffith and Aylward M. Blackman, leaving with a second B.A. followed by an M.A. Scott began archaeological field work with the Egypt Exploration Society at Armant (1929–30), following which she took a job with the Metropolitan Museum of New York's Department of Egyptian Art. Initially her activities at the Met were focused on archival work with expedition photographs. She later expanded into organizing exhibitions and contributed over a dozen articles to the Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She also took part in a 1933 Danish expedition at Hama in Syria. By 1968, she had risen to be the curator and head of department of Egyptian art at the Met and was the editor of several museum monographs. Her main areas of curatorial interest were daily life and decorative arts. She worked at the Met for over 40 years, retiring in 1972. Scott also taught as an adjunct professor at Columbia University. She served at different times as secretary and president of the New York Society of the Archaeological Institute of America. After retiring, she moved to Pennsylvania, where she died in 1994. Publications * The Home Life of the Ancient Egyptians (1945) * Egyptian Statuettes (1953) References Category:American Egyptologists Category:American women archaeologists Category:Barnard College alumni Category:Columbia University faculty Category:Alumni of the University of Oxford Category:1905 births Category:1994 deaths Category:American women historians Category:20th-century American archaeologists "
"Eloy Chapsal (1852) The Dying Poet Jean-Eloy Chapsal (25 June 1811, Aurillac - 20 July 1882, Aurillac) was a French Romantic painter and museum Director. Biography His father was a coppersmith. He displayed artistic talent at an early age and went to Paris to begin his studies at the École des Beaux-arts in 1830. At various times, he worked with Antoine-Jean Gros, Merry-Joseph Blondel and David d'Angers. After several unsuccessful attempts to win the Prix de Rome, he left school. For several years, he was a regular participant in the Salon and received good critical notices. Despite this he returned to his hometown and got married. Once established there, he produced works in a variety of genres, religious and secular, including over 200 portraits. Among his notable patrons was the Delzons family; descendants of Alexis Joseph Delzons, one of Napoleon's generals. After 1845, he began to suffer from gout. As his condition worsened, he gradually gave up painting. He did not, however, become completely inactive. In 1853, he was named the first Director of the "Museum of Art and Archaeology of Aurillac"; a position he held until his death. At present, only an estimated 10% of his known works have been accounted for; consisting largely of landscapes, genre scenes and portraits of prominent local people; nobility, bourgeoisie and politicians. Most of his identified works are in the Museum. Some are in private collections, and it is believed that is where the bulk of his unfound ones are located. A street in Aurillac has been named after him. A major retrospective of his works was held at the museum in Aurillac in 2012. Sources *Oriane Hébert, Eloy Chapsal (1811-1882). Portraits d’Aurillac au XIXe siècle, Cantal Patrimoine, 2011 External links *"Eloy Chapsal 1811-1882 Portraits D’Aurillac au XIXe siècle" par Oriane Hébert @ Patrimoine en Haute-Auvergne *"Exposition, Du dessin à l’œuvre, Eloy Chapsal, à Aurillac" @ Cantal.news Category:1811 births Category:1882 deaths Category:19th-century French painters Category:French portrait painters Category:Museum directors Category:École des Beaux-Arts Category:People from Aurillac "