Person
Harrison, Launcelot (1880 - 1928)
- Born
- 13 July 1880
Wellington, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 20 February 1928
Narooma, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Zoologist and Entomologist
Summary
Launcelot Harrison was Challis Professor of Zoology at the University of Sydney from 1922. Initially he worked in the insurance industry, but having been an avid amateur naturalist from childhood, he decided to switch careers. First Harrison had to formalise his training, so he completed a Bachelor of Science with a Zoology major (1914) and then a Bachelor of Art by Research (1916). While carrying out postgraduate research in England, Harrison was enlisted in the military as a Lieutenant and Advisory Entomologist to the British Expeditionary Force in Mesopotamia. In 1918, while still on active service, he was appointed Lecturer and Demonstrator in Zoology at the University of Sydney. Harrison did not take up the post until July 1919 and remained there until his sudden death in 1928. During his time at the University, he totally revitalised and revamped the Zoology Department and sparked new areas of research. Harrison was also active outside the University and was President of the Royal Zoological (1923-1924), and the Linnean (1928) Societies of New South Wales and a trustee of the Australian Museum, Sydney, from 1924.
Details
Chronology
- 1900 - c. 1910
- Career position - Joined the Citizens' Life Assurance Co.
- 1911 - 1914
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Sydney
- 1913 - 1914
- Career position - Junior Demonstrator in Zoology and Botany, University of Sydney
- 1914 - 1916
- Award - 1851 Exhibition Science Research Scholarship, studied Bachelor of Arts (BA Research), Emmanuel College at Cambridge, UK
- 1919
- Career position - Lecturer and Demonstrator in Zoology, University of Sydney
- 1920 - 1922
- Career position - Acting Professor and Lecturer in Veterinary Parasitology, University of Sydney
- 1922 - 1928
- Career position - Challis Professor of Zoology, University of Sydney
- 1923 - 1924
- Career position - President, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
- 1924 -
- Career position - Trustee, Australian Museum, Sydney
- 1924
- Career event - Elected Member (Zoology), Australian National Research Council
- 1925
- Career position - Tails and Tarradiddles: an Australian Book of Birds and Beasts a book of verse for children written and illustrated under the name of 'Alter Ego'
- 1925
- Career position - Multidisciplinary scientific expedition to Barrington Tops in New South Wales
- 1926
- Career position - President, Section D (Zoology), Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science
- 1927 - 1928
- Career position - President, Linnean Society of New South Wales
Related entries
Archival resources
Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales
- Harrison, Lancelot manuscript; 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
- Walsh, G. P., 'Harrison, Launcelot (1880-1926), zoologist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 9: 1891 - 1939 Gil-Las, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1983), pp. 217-218. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090217b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Nature, 122 (1928), 65-66. Details
- Australian Zoologist, 2 (1928), 132-137. Details
- Anderson, Dr. C., Australian Museum Magazine, iii (6) (1928), 191-192. Details
- Cambage, R. H., 'Chairman's address', Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 53 (1) (1928), i-viii. Details
- Harrison, L., 'Presidential address', Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 53 (1) (1928), ix-xxxi. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q24033803. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/266923655. Details
- 'Harrison, Launcelot (18800713-19280220)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-624420. Details
See also
- Norris, K. R., 'Ian Murray Mackerras 1898-1980', Historical Records of Australian Science, 5 (2) (1981), 98-114. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9810520098. Details
- Harrison, Launcelot (Australia 1880-1928), Some Biogeographers, Evolutionists and Ecologists: Chrono-Biographical Sketches, http://www.wku.edu/~smithch/chronob/HARR1880.htm. Details
Annette Alafaci
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 2 March 2018
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