Person

Froggatt, John Lewis (1891 - )

Born
1 February 1891
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Entomologist

Summary

John Froggatt was the chief entomologist for the Mandated territory of New Guinea from 1929. Prior to this he was in charge of the sheep blow-fly research station in New South Wales and worked for the Queensland Government in their agriculture department.

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Chronology

1913
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Sydney
1913 - 1916
Career position - Temporary Officer on the Blow-fly Commission for the New South Wales Department of Agriculture
1920 - 1929
Career position - Entomologist with the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock
1929 -
Career position - Entomologist for the Mandated Territory of New Guinea

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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. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080608b.htm. Details

Resources

McCarthy, G.J.

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