Person

Troughton, Ellis Le Geyt (1893 - 1974)

Born
29 April 1893
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died
30 November 1974
Occupation
Zoologist

Summary

Ellis Le Geyt Troughton was Curator of Mammals at the Australian Museum, Sydney 1921-1958. During World War II he was involved in field investigations into scrub typhus in New Guinea.

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Chronology

1916 - 1919
Military service - First World War. Served with the Army Medical Corp, AIF
1921 - 1958
Career position - Curator of Mammals, Australian Museum
1928
Career event - Elected Associate Member (Zoology), Australian National Research Council
1931 - 1932
Career position - President, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
1931 - 1932
Career position - President, Royal Zoological Society of New South
1940 - 1974
Award - Fellow, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
1943 - 1944
Career position - President, Linnean Society of New South Wales
1973 - 1974
Award - Fellow and Honorary Life Member, Australian Mammal Society

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Archival resources

National Library of Australia Oral History Collection

  • Ellis Le Geyt Troughton - Records, 1920 - 1960, DeB 42; National Library of Australia Oral History Collection. Details

University of Sydney, Archives

  • Ellis Le Geyt Troughton - Records, 1898 - 1979, P 79; University of Sydney, Archives. Details

Published resources

Journal Articles

  • '[Obituary]: Ellis Le Geyt Troughton (1893-1974)', Australian Mammalogy, 1 (4) (1975), v. Details
  • Iredale, T.; and Troughton, E., 'The Actual Identity of Captain Cook's Kangaroo', Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 87 (1962), 177-184. Details
  • Whitley, G. P., 'Memorial Notice and Bibliography: Ellis Le Geyt Troughton, CMZS, FRZS (1893-1974)', Australian Zoologist, 18 (3) (1975), 219-238. Details

Resources

See also

  • Prince, J. H., The first one hundred years of the Royal Zoological Society of N.S.W. 1879 - 1979 (Sydney: Royal Zoolgical Society of New South Wales, 1979), 81 pp. Details

McCarthy, G.J.

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