Person

Palmer, Edward Gillett Worcester ( - 1914)

Died
15 May 1914
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Entomologist

Summary

Edward Palmer was and avid entomologist who worked as Secretary of the Civil Service Board in Sydney from 1885 to 1894. Prior to this he spent several years working at the Australian Museum in Sydney.

Details

Chronology

1874
Career position - Acting Secretary of the Australian Museum in Sydney
1876 - 1877
Career position - Acting Secretary of the Australian Museum
1877
Career position - Cataloguer at the Australian Museum
1879 - 1880
Career position - Cataloguer at the Australian Museum
1885 - 1894
Career position - Secretary of the Civil Service Board in Sydney

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

McCarthy, G.J.

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