Person
Thompson, Edward Henry (1851 - 1928)
- Born
- 16 May 1851
Newcastle upon Tyne, England - Died
- 6 January 1928
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Entomologist and Minister of religion
Summary
Edward Thompson migrated to Australia in 1870 and worked as a reader in the Anglican dioceses of Melbourne and Ballarat. In 1878 he was ordained and appointed rector of Tasmania's Huon district, establishing his home in Franklin. After twenty years in this post he moved to Hobart and became rector of St John's Baptist Church. Throughout his life, Reverend Thompson had a fascination with biology and nature. While in Franklin, he spent much of his free time pursuing his horticultural and entomological interests. Thompson soon developed an expertise in the pests and funguses attacking the local orchards and in 1891 was appointed entomologist and scientific adviser to the Tasmanian Council/Department of Agriculture. In this role he researched insecticides and fungicides and their delivery methods, and helped restore the local orchard industry. Thompson was also a member of the American Association of Economic Entomology and author of two handbooks.
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Chronology
- 1870
- Life event - Migrated to Australia (Melbourne)
- 1870 - 1875
- Career position - Stipendiary licensed reader in the Anglican dioceses of Melbourne and Ballarat
- 1875
- Career position - Appointed Deacon and moved to Tasmania
- 1875 - 1876
- Career position - Locum at the Anglican mission in Levuka, Fiji
- 1876 - 1878
- Career position - Curate of D'Entrecasteaux in Port Cygnet in Tasmania
- 1878
- Career position - Ordained a priest
- 1878 - 1908
- Career position - Rector of the Huon district of Tasmania with residency in Franklin
- 1891 - 1896
- Career position - Entomologist and scientific adviser to the Council of Agriculture in Tasmania
- 1892
- Career position - A Handbook to the Insect Pests on Farm and Orchard published
- 1895
- Career position - Insect and Fungus Pests of the Field, Farm and Garden published
- 1896 - 1899
- Career position - Unpaid advisor to the Department of Agriculture
- 1908 - 1924
- Career position - Rector of St John's Baptist Church in Hobart
- 1924
- Career position - Retired from the priesthood
- 1927
- Life event - Moved to Sydney
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
- McQuillan, Peter B.; Semmens, Trevor D., 'Thompson, Edward Henry (1851-1928), entomologist and Anglican clergyman' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 12: 1891 - 1939 Smy-Z, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1990), p. 209. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120227b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21537086. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/76133078. Details
- 'Thompson, Edward Henry (1851-1928)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1467844. Details
Annette Alafaci
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 7 April 2022
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