Person

Goldfinch, Gilbert Macarthur (1887 - 1943)

Born
22 June 1887
Double Bay, New South Wales, Australia
Died
16 January 1943
Mosman, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Entomologist

Summary

Gilbert Goldfinch was educated at Tudor House and Sydney's Church of England Grammar School, then trained as an entomologist. He became an expert in moths, but also had an interest in shells. In 1905 he was a volunteer assistant at the Australian Museum and was later employed as a conchologist. Goldfinch also worked for Dalgety's, a merchant company dealing mainly in wool, from 1922-1934. Gilbert Goldfinch was secretary of the University Club (1934-1942) and a member (since 1912) and councillor (1925-1931) of the 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

Resources

See also

  • 'The Waterhouse collections', Australian Museum magazine, 4 (4) (1930), 110-4. Details

McCarthy, G.J.

Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 2 March 2018

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