Goddard, Ernest James (1883 - 1948)

Summary

Ernest Goddard was a zoologist who conducted well-regarded research on leeches (Hirudinae) and earthworms (Oligochaetae). For four years he was Professor of Zoology, Geological and Mineralogy at Victoria College, South Africa, where he instigated a zoological survey of the country and established the South African Marine Biological and Oceanographic Station. Goddard returned to Australia in 1922 to become Professor of Biology at the University of Queensland. He played a central role in the foundation of the Faculties of Dentistry and Medicine, and was Dean of the Faculties of Agriculture and Dentistry. His involvement in wider agricultural issues included the eradication of Prickly Pear, the banana disease Bunchy top, and a secondment to the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock. Goddard was an early member of the Entomological Society of Queensland and served as President of the Royal Society of Queensland.

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Chronology

1904

Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA), University of Sydney

1906

Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc(hons)), University of Sydney

1906 - 1908

Career position - Junior Demonstrator, University of Sydney

1908 - 1910

Award - Linnean Macleay Research Fellow (Zoology), University of Sydney

1910

Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Sydney

1918 - 1922

Career position - Professor of Zoology, Geological and Mineralogy, Victoria College (later University of Stellenbosch), Cape Province, South Africa

1922 - 1947

Career position - Professor of Biology, University of Queensland

1923 - 1928

Career event - Elected Associate Member (Zoology), Australian National Research Council

1924

Career position - President, Queensland Naturalists' Club

1926 - 1941

Career position - Member, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

1927 - ?

Career position - Dean, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Queensland

1927

Career position - President, Royal Society of Queensland

1928

Career event - Elected Member (Zoology), Australian National Research Council

1935 - ?

Career position - Dean, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Queensland

1936 - 1939

Career position - Seconded to Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock as science co-ordinating officer

1937

Career event - Fellow, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS)

1939

Career position - President, Section D (Zoology), Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science

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Published resources

Books

• Gregory, Helen, Vivant Professores: Distinguished Members of the University of Queensland, 1910-1940 (St Lucia: University of Queensland Library, 1987), 180 pp. Details

Book Sections

• Clarke, E., 'Goddard, Ernest James (1883-1948), professor of biology' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 9: 1891 - 1939 Gil-Las, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1983), pp. 36-37. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090034b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Geering, Andrew D. W., 'The untold story of banana bunchy top disease', Historical records of Australian science, 35 (2) (2024), 170-89. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR24001. Details
• Goddard, E. J., 'Presidential address: The role of zoology in the field of modern biology [Section D - Zoology]', Report of the twenty-fourth meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science, Canberra meeting, January, 1939 (1939), 101-111. Details
• Lumb, Sydney F., 'The life and work of Ernest James Goddard: the inaugural Ernest James Goddard Oration', Queensland dental journal, 6 (6) (1954), 282-91. Details

Resources

• Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21537470. Details
• 'Goddard, Ernest James (1883-1948)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1468936. Details