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.

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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

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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

Journal Articles

  • 'Obituary: Mr. W. B. Gurney', Australian Journal of Science, 2 (2) (1939), 50. Details

Resources

McCarthy, G.J.

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