Person
Sloane, Thomas Gibson (1858 - 1932)
- Born
- 20 April 1858
St Kilda, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 20 October 1932
Young, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Entomologist and Pastoralist
Summary
Thomas Sloane, the owner-manager of a stud merino flock at Moorilla, was influenced by W. Macleay and became seriously interested in entomology. He specialised in the beetle families Carabidae and Cicindelidae (ground and tiger beetles). Sloane's paper revising the classification of the Carabidae earned him an international reputation as an authority on the family. Other publications included descriptions of over 600 new species and a well-received paper of the faunal subregions of Australia. On his death and at his wish, Sloane's collections from eastern Australia were deposited with the CSIRO Division of Economic Entomology: these are now in the Australian National Insect Collection.
Details
Chronology
- 1880
- Career position - Founding Member, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria
- 1887 - 1932?
- Career position - Member, Linnean Society of New South Wales
- 1890 - 1891
- Career position - Member of Council, Linnean Society of New South Wales
Related entries
Archival resources
Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO
- Thomas Gibson Sloane - Records, 1880 - 1932; Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO. Details
Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales
- Linnean Society of New South Wales - Records, 1826 - 1970, ML MSS 2009; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
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
- Walsh, G. P., 'Sloane, Thomas Gibson (1858-1932)' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 11: 1891 - 1939 Nes-Smi, Geoffrey Serle, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1988), pp. 635-636. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110654b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q16029380. Details
- 'Sloane, Thomas Gibson (1858-1932)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1465080. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 28 November 2023
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