Stephen Hopper
{{Short description|Australian botanist}}
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Stephen Donald Hopper (born 18 June 1951){{cite news
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This botanist is denoted by the author abbreviation Hopper when citing a botanical name.{{cite book|author1=Brummitt, R K |author2=Powell, C E |title = Authors of Plant Names |publisher = Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |year = 1992 |isbn = 1-84246-085-4}}
Honours
On 1 January 2001, the Australian government awarded Hopper the Centenary Medal for his "service to the community".{{cite web|title=Stephen Donald Hopper|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1124040|publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet|access-date=11 June 2012}} On 11 June 2012, Hopper was named a Companion of the Order of Australia for "eminent service as a global science leader in the field of plant conservation biology, particularly in the delivery of world class research programs contributing to the conservation of endangered species and ecosystems."{{cite web|title=Companion (AC) in the General Division of the Order of Australia – The Queen's Birthday 2012 Honours Lists|url=http://www.gg.gov.au/res/file/2012/honours/qb2012/Media%20Notes%20AC%20(final).pdf|publisher=Official Secretary to the Governor-General of Australia|page=[http://www.gg.gov.au/res/file/2012/honours/qb2012/Media%20Notes%20AC%20(final).pdf#page=5 5]|date=11 June 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616221648/http://www.gg.gov.au/res/file/2012/honours/qb2012/Media%20Notes%20AC%20%28final%29.pdf|archive-date=16 June 2012}}
Albany
In 2015, he moved to Albany, Western Australia, and he has returned to his interest in Anigozanthus.{{Cite web | url=http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/talkingplants/heaven-on-earth-in-a-botanists-garden/7090896 |title = 'Heaven on Earth' in a botanist's garden| website=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date = 15 January 2016}}
Selected works
with Jane Sampson:
with Anne Taylor:
- The Banksia Atlas (1991){{Citation | author1=Taylor, Anne | author2=Hopper, Stephen D | author3=Western Australia. Department of Conservation and Land Management | author4=Australia. Bureau of Flora and Fauna | title=The banksia atlas | date=1991 | publisher=Australian Govt. Pub. Service | edition=Repr. with amendments | isbn=978-0-644-07124-6 }}
with Bert and Babs Wells:
with illustrator Philippa Nikulinsky:
- Soul of the Desert (2005){{Citation | author1=Nikulinsky, Philippa | author2=Hopper, Stephen D | author3=Nikulinsky, Philippa | title=Soul of the Desert | date=2005 | publisher=Fremantle Arts Centre Press | isbn=978-1-921064-06-7 }}
- Life on the Rocks (2008){{Citation | author1=Nikulinsky, Philippa | author2=Hopper, Stephen D | title=Life on the rocks : the art of survival | date=2008 | publisher=Fremantle Press | edition=Reissued casebound | isbn=978-1-921361-28-9 }}
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