Person

Irwin-Smith, Vera Adelaide

Born
Riverina, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Entomologist

Summary

Vera Irwin-Smith was an entomologist who specialised in Diptera Brachycera - parasitic flies. She wrote several articles on her research.

Details

Chronology

1916
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Sydney
1919 - 1923
Career position - Linnean Macleay Fellow in Zoology, University of Sydney
1923
Career position - Researcher at the Molteno Institute in Cambridge

Archival resources

University of Sydney, Archives

  • Vera Adelaide Irwin-Smith - Records, P 84; University of Sydney, Archives. Details

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

  • McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Exhibition of the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, First published 2003 with lists updated regulary edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details

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

  • 'Vera Adelaide Irwin-Smith', Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 90 (1) (1965), 5-6. Details

Resources

See also

  • Hooker, Claire, Irresistible Forces: Australian Women in Science (Carlton: Melbourne University Press, 2004), 215 pp. Details

McCarthy, G.J.

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