Person
Blackburn, Thomas (1844 - 1912)
- Born
- 16 March 1844
Islington, England - Died
- 28 May 1912
Woodville, South Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Entomologist and Minister of religion
Summary
Thomas Blackburn was a Church of England clergyman. During his residence in Australia he described 3,069 species of Australian Coleoptera.
Details
Born Islington, England, 16 March 1844. Died Woodville, near Adelaide, 28 May 1912. Educated University of London (BA 1868). Department of the Secretary for Inland Revenue; Church of England; ordained a Deacon by the Bishop of Manchester May 1869 and a Priest May 1870; in charge of the Parish of Greenhithe 1970-76; senior Priest and Chaplain to the Bishop, Honolulu 1876-82; Rector of St Thomas', Port Lincoln, South Australia 1882-86; Rector of St Margaret's, Woodville 1886-1912; Honorary Canon, St Peter's Cathedral, Adelaide ca 1906-12. Honorary Curator in Entomology, South Australian Museum for many years. Examined all the beetles taken on the Elder Expedition and the Horn Expedition. He was a systematist and probably every worker at Australian Coleoptera during the last 25 years of his life would have sent him specimens at one time of another.
Chronology
- 1889 - 1891
- Career Position - President, Royal Society of South Australia
Related entries
Published resources
Books
- Musgrave, A., Bibliography of Australian entomology, 1775-1930: with biographical notes on authors and collectors (Sydney: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, 1932), 380 pp. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3524918. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/5485149719114711130002. Details
- 'Blackburn, Thomas (1844-1912)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1473304. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 7 April 2022
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