Person

Jenkins, Clee Francis Howard (1908 - 1997)

MBE

Born
17 March 1908
Salisbury, South Australia, Australia
Died
13 July 1997
Occupation
Entomologist and Ornithologist

Summary

Clee Jenkins worked for the Western Australian Department of Agriculture 1933-1973, rising to Chief of the Biological Services Division.

Details

Born Salisbury, South Australia, 17 March 1908. Died August 1997. MBE. Educated University of Western Australia (MA). Cadet, Western Australian Museum, Perth 1929-33; Assistant Entomologist, Department of Agriculture, Western Australia 1933-38, Government Entomologist 1939-64; Visiting Lecturer in Entomology, University of Western Australia 1945-65; Chief, Biological Services Division, Western Australian Department of Agriculture 1964-73. Royal Society of Western Australia Medal 1966. President, Zoological Gardens Board, Western Australia from 1971; President, Royal Society of Western Australia 1945, 1963, Honorary Life Member; Honorary Life Member, Western Australian Naturalists Club; president, Western Australian Gould league from 1959; chairman, Western Australian Division, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science 1967-68.

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Published resources

Book Sections

Journal Articles

  • Jenkins, C. F. H., 'A history of the Royal Society of Western Australia, and its role in the community: Presidential address', Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, 48 (1965), 33-44. Details

Resources

See also

  • Johnstone, R. E., 'A history of ornithology at the Western Australian Museum' in Contributions to the History of Australasian Ornithology, Davis, William E.; Recher, Harry E.; Boles, Walter E.; and Jackson, Jerome A., eds (Cambridge, Mass.: Nuttall Ornithological Club, 2008), pp. 165-98. Details
  • Robin, Libby, The Flight of the Emu: a Hundred Years of Australian Ornithology 1901-2001 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2001), 492 pp. Details

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