Person

Zeck, Emil Hermann (1891 - 1963)

Born
16 November 1891
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died
3 September 1963
Occupation
Entomologist and Natural history artist

Summary

Emil Zeck was an entomological and biological artist in the Government Printing Office, Sydney 1908-1923.

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Born Sydney, 16 November 1891. Died ?. Entomological and biological artist, Government Printing Office, Sydney 1908-23; entomologist, Department of Agriculture, Sydney 1923-, except for some months spent in Mexico.

Chronology

1908 - 1923
Career position - Entomological and biological artist, New South Wales Government Printing Office
1961
Award - Australian Natural History Medallion, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria

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

Journal Articles

  • 'Tribute to E.H. Zeck', Journal of the Entomological Society of Australia (New South Wales Branch), 1 (1964), 37-43. Details
  • Chadwick, C. E., 'Australian Natural History Medallion award to E. H. Zeck', The Victorian naturalist, 80 (1963), 128-30. Details
  • Chadwick, C. E., 'A tribute to E. H. Zeck', Journal of the Entomological Society of Australia (N.S.W.), 1 (1964), 37-43. 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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