Hugh Bryan Spencer Womersley
Hugh Bryan Spencer Womersley was an Australian botanist and phycologist. He was recognised internationally for his work on the macroalgae of the Australian region. He worked at the Department of Botany of the University of Adelaide. Womersley edited the exsiccata series Marine Algae of Southern Australia.
Awards
- Edgeworth David Medal, awarded by the Royal Society of New South Wales
- Verco Medal, Royal Society of South Australia
- Fellow, Australian Academy of Science
- Clarke Medal, awarded by the Royal Society of New South Wales
- Mueller Medal by the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science in 1987
- Prescott Award, Phycological Society of America