Person

Haswell, William Aitcheson (1854 - 1925)

FRS

Born
5 August 1854
Edinburgh, Scotland
Died
24 January 1925
Point Piper, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Biologist and Vertebrate zoologist

Summary

William Haswell was trained in Scotland, and undertook research in Australia from 1878 into marine zoology and in 1882 joined the University of Sydney. He was appointed Professor of Biology in 1890 (restyled zoology in 1915). He wrote widely on marine biology and zoology. His research focussed on Crustaceae, Annelida and Bryozoa of Australian seas. He is remembered for A text book of zoology (1897), co-authored with T. J. Parker of University of Otago, a "monumental work of scholarship" which ran to four editions by 1928.

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Chronology

1877
Education - Master of Arts (MA), University of Edinburgh
1880
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Edinburgh
1882
Career position - Demonstrator in comparative anatomy, physiology and histology, University of Sydney
1884 - 1890
Career position - Lecturer in zoology and comparative anatomy, University of Sydney
1887
Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Edinburgh
1888 -
Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science
1888<
Career event - Fellow, Linnean Society, London (FLS)
1889 - 1917
Career position - Challis Professor of Biology (later Zoology), University of Sydney
1892
Career position - President, Section D (Biology), Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science
1892 - 1893
Career position - President, Linnean Society of New South Wales
1897
Award - Fellow, The Royal Society, London (FRS)
1914
Career position - Vice President and Local Secretary for Sydney, Section D (Zoology), British Association for the Advancement of Science Meeting
1915
Award - Clarke Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales
1919 -
Career position - Foundation Councillor (Zoology), Australian National Research Council

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Archival resources

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Corporate Records and Archives Strategies

  • William Aitcheson Haswell - Records, 1916 - 1925; Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Corporate Records and Archives Strategies. Details

Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales

  • Baldwin Spencer - Records, 1880 - 1929, ML MSS 29; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

University of Sydney, Archives

  • William Aitcheson Haswell - Records, 1878 - 1925, P 162; University of Sydney, Archives. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

  • Morison, Patricia, 'Haswell, William Aitcheson (1854-1925), biologist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 9: 1891 - 1939 Gil-Las, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1983), pp. 226-227. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090228b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

  • Crane, Rosi, 'Creating Parker and Haswell's A textbook of zoology (1897)', Script and Print, 39 (4) (2015), 221-40. Details
  • H. J. C. [ie H. J. Carter], 'William Aitcheson Haswell, 1854-1925 (Memorial series, no. 1)', Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 53 (4) (1928), 485-498. Details
  • Haswell, W. A., 'Presidential address', Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, ns, 6 (1892), 706-22. Details
  • Haswell, William A., 'On Sacculina infesting crabs in Port Jackson. [Topic only]', Report of the first meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, 1 (1889), 349, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15813439. Details
  • Haswell, William A., 'A comparative study of striated muscle. [Abstract]', Report of the first meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, 1 (1889), 348-349, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15813438. Details
  • Low, Martyn E. Y., 'The Brachyura Described by the Australian Carcinologist William Aitcheson Haswell: Checklist, Dates of Publication and Bibliography (Crustacea: Decapoda)', Zootaxa, 3220 (2012), 61-4. Details
  • Turnbull, Paul, 'Australian museums, Aboriginal skeletal remains, and the imagining of human evolutionary history', Museum & society, 13 (1) (2015), 72-87. https://doi.org/10.29311/mas.v13i1.318. Pages 77. Details

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See also

  • Serle, Percival, Dictionary of Australian biography (Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1949). Details

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