Person
Froggatt, John Lewis (1891 - 1975)
- Born
- 1 February 1891
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 26 February 1975
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Entomologist
Summary
John Froggatt, BSc, was the chief entomologist for the Mandated territory of New Guinea from 1928. Prior to this he was in charge of the Sheep Blowfly Research Station in New South Wales and worked for the Queensland Government in their agriculture department.
Details
Chronology
- 1913
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Sydney
- 1913 - 1916
- Career position - Temporary Officer on the Blow-fly Commission, Department of Agriculture, New South Wales
- 1913 - 1918
- Career position - Entomologist in charge, Sheep Blowfly Resaerch Station, New South Wales
- 1920 - 1928
- Career position - Entomologist, Department of Agriculture and Stock, Queensland
- 1928 - 1945
- Career position - Entomologist for the Mandated Territory of New Guinea
- 1945 - 1948
- Career position - Entomologist for Papua, New Guinea
- 1948
- Life event - Retired
- 1975
- Buried - Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium
Related entries
Archival resources
Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales
- Walter Wilson Froggatt - Records, 1890 - 1930, A7150; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
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
Book Sections
- McDonald, D. I., 'Froggatt, Walter Wilson (1858-1937), entomologist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 8: 1891 - 1939 Cl-Gib, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1981), pp. 591-592. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/froggatt-walter-wilson-6251. Details
Edited Books
- Alexander, Joseph A. ed., Who's who in Australia 1950 (Melbourne: Colorgravure Publications, 1950). Froggatt, John Lewis, BSc. Page 274. Details
Resources
- CA 2001, Australian Imperial Force, Base Records Office, 'NAA: MT1486/1, FROGGATT/JOHN LEWIS', MT1486/1 Applications to enlist in the Australian Imperial Force, National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?O=I&Number=9561952. Details
- 'Froggatt, John Lewis (1891-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1474233. Details
Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 9 September 2026
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