Person

Skuse, Frederick Arthur Askew (c. 1866 - 1896)

Born
c. 1866
Poplar, Middlesex, England
Died
10 June 1896
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Entomologist and Zoologist

Summary

Frederick Skuse studied at the British Museum of Natural History and migrated to Australia in search of work. After a stint lecturing at the Sydney School of the Arts, he eventually found work at the Australian Museum. There he was employed for three years on the Australian Diptera (flies) collection and in 1890 was promoted to Scientific Assistant in the Entomological Department. He published extensively in the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales and in the Records of the Australian Museum

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Chronology

c. 1887
Life event - Migrated to Australia (Sydney)
1888
Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science
1888 - 1890
Career position - Collected insects throughout New South Wales
c. 1889
Career position - Lecturer at the Sydney School of the Arts
1890 - 1896
Career position - Scientific Assistant in the Entomological Department of the Australian Museum in Sydney

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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

Resources

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