Person
Woodhill, Anthony Reeve (1900 - 1965)
- Born
- 21 February 1900
Nowra, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 27 July 1965
- Occupation
- Entomologist
Summary
Anthony Woodhill was an entomologist who had a significant impact on the field in Australia. After obtaining his agricultural degree from the University of Sydney he spent six years with the Entomology Branch of the New South Wales Department of Agriculture. Much of his research here was on pest insects, notably blowflies with the Government Entomologist, William Gurney. In 1935 Woodhill became McCaughey Lecturer in Entomology at the University of Sydney, where he spent the rest of his career. One of his major contributions during this period was the large number of entomologists who emerged from his classes and later held senior positions in research and universities: among the Douglas Waterhouse, David Lee, Max Day and Don Colless. Woodhill's research was on the mosquitoes Aedes aegypti and, during WWII, Anopheles. A long-term member of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, he served as President 1946 - 1947.
Details
Chronology
- 1924
- Education - BScAg, University of Sydney
- 1924 - 1930
- Career position - Entomologist, Entomology Branch, New South Wales Department of Agriculture
- 1930 - 1965
- Career position - McCaughey Lecturer in Entomology, University of Sydney
- 1946 - 1947
- Career position - President, Linnean Society of New South Wales
- 1951
- Education - DAgSc, University of Sydney
- 1965
- Career event - Retired as Reader in Entomology, University of Sydney
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Colleague
Published resources
Books
- Lee, David J. and Woodhill, A. R., The anopheline mosquitoes of the Australasian region (Sydney: Department of Zoology, University of Sydney, 1944), 209 pp. Details
- 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
Journal Articles
- 'Tribute to Dr. A.R. Woodhill, 1900-1965', Journal of the Entomological Society of Australia (New South Wales Branch), 2 (1965), 52-56. Details
- Lee, D. J. and Waterhouse, D. F., 'Anthony Reeve Woodhill, 1900-1965 (Memorial series no. 21)', Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 92 (3) (1968), 285-297. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q55074253. Details
- 'Woodhill, Anthony Reeve (1900-1965)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475451. Details
McCarthy, G.J. and Helen Cohn
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