Person

Olliff, Arthur Sidney (1865 - 1895)

Born
21 October 1865
England
Died
29 December 1895
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Entomologist

Summary

Sidney Olliff, FES, was an entomologist whose principal interest was in butterflies. For a short period he was employed by the Australian Museum, Sydney. He published Australian butterflies: a brief account of the native families (1888) originally as newspaper articles and later in book form in 1898. It was the first popular book devoted to Australian butterflies. Olliff's plans to publish a checklist of Australian butterflies came to nothing with his premature death. He also published articles related to entomology for the "Agricultural Gazette.

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Chronology

1885
Life event - Arrived in New South Wales
1885 - 1889
Career position - Assistant in Entomology, Australian Museum
1888 -
Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science
1890 -
Career event - Founding Treasurer, Field Naturalists' Society of New South Wales
1890 - 1895
Career position - Government Entomologist, Department of Agriculture, 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
  • Scott, Harriet and Scott, Helena; with descriptions, general and systematics by A.W. Scott, Australian Lepidoptera and their transformations. Vol. II (London: Sydney: J. van Voorst: Australian Museum, 1890-1898), 36 pp. Details

Resources

See also

  • Moulds, M. S., 'The history of Australian butterfly research and collecting' in The biology of Australian butterflies, Kitching, R. L., Scheermeyer, E., Jones, R. E. and Pierce, N. E., eds (Melbourne: CSIRO Publications, 1999), pp. 1-24. Details

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