Person
Roberts, Frederick Hugh Sherston (1901 - 1972)
- Born
- 16 January 1901
Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia - Died
- 26 July 1972
Oxley, Queensland, Australia - Occupation
- Entomologist and Parasitologist
Summary
Frederick Roberts was Principal Research Officer and Officer-in-charge of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research's veterinary parasitology laboratory at Yeerongpilly, Queensland (1947-1966). Prior to that Roberts worked as veterinary entomologist with the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock where studied the control of parasitic diseases in livestock and visited laboratories in North America, Britain, Europe and South Africa. He also lectured part-time in veterinary parasitology at the University of Queensland. In 1945 after the completion of his war service, Roberts was appointed acting-director of research at the division of animal industry.
Details
Chronology
- 1922 - April 1923
- Career position - Microscopist for the Australian Hookworm Campaign
- 1923
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Queensland
- April 1923 - 1930
- Career position - Research Entomologist, Commonwealth Prickly Pear Board
- 1925
- Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Queensland
- 1930 - c. 1941
- Career position - Veterinary Entomologist, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock
- 1935
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Queensland
- 1938
- Career position - Visited laboratories in North America, Britain, Europe and South Africa to study the control of parasitic diseases in livestock
- 1939 - 1941
- Career position - Lecturer in veterinary parasitology, University of Queensland (part-time)
- December 1941 - August 1942
- Military service - Lieutenant in the Militia
- August 1942 - May 1943
- Military service - Served with various medical units in Australia and New Guinea with the Australian Imperial Force
- May 1943 - March 1945
- Military service - Served in the 2nd Mobile Entomology Unit of the Australian Imperial Force
- 1945 - June 1947
- Career position - Acting Director of Research, Division of Animal Industry, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock
- June 1947 - 1960s
- Career position - Officer-in-charge, CSIRO Veterinary Parasitology Laboratory at Yeerongpilly
- June 1947 - 1960s
- Career position - Principal Research Officer, CSIRO Division of Animal Health and Production
- 1966
- Life event - Retired
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
Book Sections
- Angus, Beverley M., 'Roberts, Frederick Hugh Sherston (1901-1972), Entomologist and Parasitologist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 16: 1940 - 1980 Pik-Z, John Ritchie and Diane Langmore, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2002), pp. 102-103. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A160122b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- 'Obituary: Frederick Hugh Sherston Roberts, DSc', Australian Veterinary Journal, 48 (11) (1972), 641. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21537877. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/7192147270523935700005. Details
- 'Roberts, F H S (1901-1972)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-582866. Details
See also
- Angus, B. M.; Cannon, L. G. R.; and Adlard, R. D., 'Parasitology and the Queensland Museum, with Biographical Notes on Collectors', Memoirs of the Queensland Museum: Nature, 53 (2007), 1-156. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 2 March 2018
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