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
Details
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
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
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q629160. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/305816045. Details
- 'Skuse, Frederick A. Askew (1863-18960610)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1477285. Details
Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 15 October 2024
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