Person

Ferguson, Eustace William (1884 - 1927)

Born
24 October 1884
Invercargill, New Zealand
Died
18 July 1927
Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Pathologist and Entomologist

Summary

Eustace Ferguson was principal microbiologist for the New South Wales Department of Health from 1920. He was also a noted entomologist who specialised in the study and distribution of Australian insects capable of spreading disease (especially fleas, ticks, biting flies and mosquitoes). Ferguson published many scientific articles on subjects such as diphtheria, dengue fever and medical entomology and parasitology.

He was a member of many professional bodies including the Royal Society of New South Wales, the Royal Society of South Australia, the Royal Institute of Tropical Medicine (London), the Great Barrier Reef Committee and an Associate member of the National Research Council.

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Chronology

1894
Life event - Migrated to Australia (Sydney) with family
1908 -
Career position - Member of the Linnean Society
1908
Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB), University of Sydney
1908 - 1910
Career position - Junior Medical Officer and Pathologist at Sydney Hospital
1909
Education - Master of Surgery (ChM), University of Sydney
1911
Career position - Private practice with Dr Walton Smith
1912
Career position - Medical Officer at Rydalmere Hospital for the Insane
1913 - 1915
Career position - Assistant Microbiologist at the Department of Public Health in New South Wales
1915 - 1916
Military service - First World War. Captain, Australian Army Medical Corps, No.10 Australian General Hospital in London and the No. 1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital in Harefield
1917
Career position - No.3 Australian General Hospital in France and Egypt
Aug 1918 - Mar 1919
Career position - Major and Head of the ANZAC Field Laboratory (7-8 month post) in Palestine
Sep 1919
Career position - Returned to Sydney and the Department of Public Health
1920
Career position - Principal Microbiologist at the Department of Public Health
1922 - 1923
Career position - President, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
1922 - 1927
Career event - Elected Associate Member (Zoology), Australian National Research Council
1926
Education - Diploma in Public Health, University of Sydney
1926 - 1927
Career position - President, Linnean Society of New South Wales

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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

Journal Articles

  • Cambage, R. H., 'Chairman's address', Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 53 (1) (1928), i-viii. Details

Resources

See also

  • Prince, J. H., The first one hundred years of the Royal Zoological Society of N.S.W. 1879 - 1979 (Sydney: Royal Zoolgical Society of New South Wales, 1979), 81 pp. Details

McCarthy, G.J.

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