Person
Crawford, Frazer Smith (c. 1829 - 1890)
- Born
- c. 1829
Scotland - Died
- 29 October 1890
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Entomologist and Photolithographer
Summary
Frazer Crawford was a photolithographer for the Surveyor General's office from around 1868. He was responsible for finding many natural parasites to combat the many insects which were devastating Australian and American crops and orchards at the time. This resulted in the exportation of Australian ladybirds to kill off scale insects in California and the identification of a natural predator to the cottony cushion scale insect attacking South Australia's orange orchards.
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Chronology
- 1860
- Life event - Arrived in Adelaide
- 1863 - 1867
- Career position - Manger of Adelaide Photographic Company
- c. 1868 -
- Career position - Photolithographer in the Surveyor General's Department in South Australia
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
- 'Crawford, Frazer S (1829-18901029)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-552658. Details
Annette Alafaci
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 7 February 2011
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