Person
Ogilby, James Douglas (1853 - 1925)
FLS
- Born
- 16 February 1853
Belfast, Ireland - Died
- 11 August 1925
Queensland, Australia - Occupation
- Ichthyologist and Taxonomist
Summary
James Ogilby was appointed to the Australian Museum in 1885 but was dismissed in 1890 due to his 'extreme and undiscriminating affinity for alcohol'. Following his dismissal for being drunk on the job, he undertook research there on a contract basis then worked for the Queensland Museum under various arrangements from 1901 to 1904 and 1913 to 1920. He was also honorary museum curator of the Amateur Fishermen's Association of Queensland for some years. When Ogilby died they set up and named the "J Douglas Ogilby Cottage" on Bribie Island in his memory. Ogilby was educated in Ireland and worked for the British Museum and in the USA before coming to Australia.
Details
Chronology
- 1871 - 1872
- Education - Educated at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland
- 1885 - 1890
- Career position - Scientific Assistant (zoology), Australian Museum
- 1887 - 1925
- Award - Fellow, The Linnean Society of London (FLS)
- 1892
- Publication - Book: Catalogue of Australian Mammals
- 1893
- Publication - Book: Edible Fishes and Crustaceans of New South Wales
- 1915 - 1922
- Award - Honorary Member, Field Naturalists' Club of Queensland
- 1922 - 1925
- Award - Honorary Member, Queensland Naturalists Club
Related entries
Archival resources
John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland
- James Douglas Ogilby - Records, 1853 - 1884, OM84-30; John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland. Details
Queensland Museum Archives
- James Douglas Ogilby - Records, 1901 - 1925, 18/403; Queensland Museum Archives. Details
Published resources
Books
- Mather, Patricia, A Time for a Museum: a History of the Queensland Museum (Brisbane: Queensland Museum, 1986), 365 pp. See pages 49-50, 54-56 and 162. Details
Book Sections
- Walsh, G. P., 'Ogilby, James Douglas (1853-1925), ichthyologist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 11: 1891 - 1939 Nes-Smi, Geoffrey Serle, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1988), p. 68, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/ogilby-james-douglas-7888. Details
Journal Articles
- Whitley, Gilbert P., 'Bibliography of James Douglas Ogilby', Records of the Australian Museum, 15 (2) (1926), 149-56. http://dx.doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.15.1926.805. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1236897. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/34037346. Details
- 'Ogilby, J Douglas (1853-1925)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-915238. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 30 November 2021
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