Person
Gurney, William Butler (1882 - 1939)
- Born
- 2 May 1882
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 21 September 1939
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Entomologist
Summary
William Gurney was a well travelled entomologist. He worked for the New South Wales (NSW) Department of Agriculture for over thirty years, being the Government entomologist from 1923. This post saw him make research tours and collection expeditions to the United States of America, England, Europe, India and Africa. He wrote many scientific articles, especially in the Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales and his insect collections were sent to NSW, Queensland and Victoria.
Details
Chronology
- 1900 - 1923
- Career position - Assistant, Department of Agriculture, New South Wales
- 1923 - c. 1939
- Career position - Government Entomologist, Department of Agriculture, New South Wales
- 1925
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Sydney
- 1927
- Career event - Elected Associate Member (Zoology), Australian National Research Council
- 1928
- Career position - NSW delegate to the 4th International Congress of Entomology at Cornell University
- 1928 - 1929
- Career position - Research tours of the USA, England, France and Italy
- 1933
- Career position - Research and collection expedition to India and East Africa
Related entries
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
Journal Articles
- 'Obituary: Mr. W. B. Gurney', Australian Journal of Science, 2 (2) (1939), 50. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q55040565. Details
- 'Gurney, William Butler (18820502-19390921)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476440. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 2 March 2018
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