Person
Veitch, Robert (1890 - 1972)
- Born
- 15 August 1890
Edinburgh, Scotland - Died
- 22 September 1972
Clayfield, Queensland, Australia - Occupation
- Entomologist
Summary
Robert Veitch was an instigator and inaugural Director of the Division of Plant Industry (research) in the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock. He was also President of the Entomological Society of Queensland (1932), President of the Royal Society of Queensland (1935-1936) and founding Vice-President (1935), and president (1936), of the Queensland branch of the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science.
Details
Chronology
- 1911
- Education - Bachelor of Agricultural Science (BAgSc), University of Edinburgh
- 1912
- Education - Bachelor of Science in Forestry (BScFor), University of Edinburgh
- 1913 - 1914
- Life event - Worked at the British Museum's Imperial Institute of Entomology
- 1914 - 1925?
- Life event - Worked in field studies as an Entomologist for the Colonial Sugar Refining Co Ltd. in Suva, Fiji
- 1914 - 1960
- Career position - Fellow, Royal Entomological Society of London
- 1917 - ?
- Career position - Fellow, Linnean Society of New South Wales
- 1925 - 1936?
- Career position - Chief Entomologist at the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock
- 1932
- Life event - New species of 'moss bug', Hemiodoecus veitchi (Hackeriella veitchi) named after him
- 1932
- Career position - President, Entomological Society of Queensland
- 1935
- Career position - Founding Vice-President of the Queensland branch of the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science
- 1935 - 1936
- Career position - President, Royal Society of Queensland
- 1936
- Career position - President, Australian Institute of Agricultural Science, Queensland branch
- 1936 - 1956
- Career position - Director of the Division of Plant Industries (Research) at the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock
- 1956
- Life event - Retired
- 1958 - 1960
- Career position - Consultant in the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock (part-time)
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
- Veitch, Robert; and Simmonds, J. H., Pests and diseases of Queensland fruits and vegetables (Brisbane: Division of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Department of Agriculture and Stock, 1929), 198 pp. Details
Book Sections
- Gill, J.C.H.; Lloyd, Peter L., 'Veitch, Robert (1890-1972), Entomologist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 16: 1940 - 1980 Pik-Z, John Ritchie and Diane Langmore, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2002), pp. 446-447. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A160537b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- 'Obituary: Robert Veitch, 1890-1972', Journal of the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science, 39 (1) (1973), 66. Details
- Veitch, R., 'History of Entomology in Queensland', Journal of the Entomological Society of Australia (Queensland Branch), 1 (1962), 5-15. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21537572. Details
- 'Veitch, Robert (1890-1972)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-624346. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 8 August 2006
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