Person
Davidson, James (1885 - 1945)
- Born
- 27 July 1885
Brimstage, Cheshire, England - Died
- 13 August 1945
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Ecologist and Entomologist
Summary
James Davidson took up a departmental headship at the Waite Agricultural Research Institute, Adelaide in 1928 and was appointed to the Chair of Entomology there in 1937.
Details
Chronology
- 1937 - 1945
- Career Position - Chair of Entomology, Waite Agricultural Research Institute
- 1938
- Career Position - President, Royal Society of South Australia
Related entries
Published resources
Book Sections
- Browning, T. O., 'Davidson, James (1885-1945), Ecologist' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds, vol. 8 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1981), pp. 226-227. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080248b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Davidson, J., 'One Hundred Years of Entomology in South Australia', Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia, 60 (1937), xxxv-xl. Details
- Swan, D. C., 'Obituary: James Davidson', Australian Journal of Science, 8 (2-3) (1945), 70-71. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q24045461. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/1296146. Details
- 'Davidson, J (1885-1945)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-784321. Details
See also
- Birch, L.C.; Browning, T. O., 'Herbert George Andrewartha 1907-1992', Historical Records of Australian Science, 9 (3) (1993), 258-268. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9930930259. Details
- Stephens, C.G.; and Quirk, J.P., 'James Arthur Prescott 1890-1987', Historical Records of Australian Science, 7 (3) (1988), 299-313. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9880730299. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 26 September 2022
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