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
- 1908
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Liverpool
- 1911
- Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Liverpool
- 1915
- Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Liverpool
- c. 1920 - 1928
- Career position - Assitant entomologist, Rothamsted Agricultural Experiment Station, Hertfordshire, England
- 1928
- Life event - Migrated to Adelaide, Australia [ to take up headship at Waite Agricultural Research Institute]
- 1928 - 1937
- Career position - Entomologist, Waite Agricultural Research Institute
- 1932
- Career event - Elected Member (Zoology), Australian National Research Council
- 1937
- Career event - Fellow, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS)
- 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, volume 8: 1891 - 1939 Cl-Gib, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1981), pp. 226-227. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080248b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Andrewartha, H. G., 'Obituary : James Davidson', Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 69 (1945), 313, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41565199. Details
- Davidson, J., 'One Hundred Years of Entomology in South Australia', Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia, 60 (1937), xxxv-xl, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41566101. 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
Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 22 May 2024
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