Person

Davidson, James (1885 - 1945)

Born
27 July 1885
Brimstage, Cheshire, England
Died
13 August 1945
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Occupation
Ecologist and Entomologist

Summary

James Davidson took up a departmental headship at the Waite Agricultural Research Institute, Adelaide in 1928 and was appointed to the Chair of Entomology there in 1937.

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Chronology

1908
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Liverpool
1911
Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Liverpool
1915
Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Liverpool
c. 1920 - 1928
Career position - Assitant entomologist, Rothamsted Agricultural Experiment Station, Hertfordshire, England
1928
Life event - Migrated to Adelaide, Australia [ to take up headship at Waite Agricultural Research Institute]
1928 - 1937
Career position - Entomologist, Waite Agricultural Research Institute
1932
Career event - Elected Member (Zoology), Australian National Research Council
1937
Career event - Fellow, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS)
1937 - 1945
Career position - Chair of Entomology, Waite Agricultural Research Institute
1938
Career position - President, Royal Society of South Australia

Published resources

Book Sections

Journal Articles

Reports

  • Tillyard, R.J., The work of the Division of Economic Entomology for the year 1928-29 (Melbourne: Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (Australia), 1929), 19 pp. https://doi.org/10.25919/2k6y-h875. Details

Resources

See also

Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes

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