Person

Jenkins, Clee Francis Howard (1908 - 1997)

MBE

Born
17 March 1908
Salisbury, South Australia, Australia
Died
13 July 1997
Occupation
Entomologist and Ornithologist

Summary

Clee Jenkins worked for the Western Australian Department of Agriculture 1933-1973, rising to Chief of the Biological Services Division.

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Born Salisbury, South Australia, 17 March 1908. Died August 1997. MBE. Educated University of Western Australia (MA). Cadet, Western Australian Museum, Perth 1929-33; Assistant Entomologist, Department of Agriculture, Western Australia 1933-38, Government Entomologist 1939-64; Visiting Lecturer in Entomology, University of Western Australia 1945-65; Chief, Biological Services Division, Western Australian Department of Agriculture 1964-73. Royal Society of Western Australia Medal 1966. President, Zoological Gardens Board, Western Australia from 1971; President, Royal Society of Western Australia 1945, 1963, Honorary Life Member; Honorary Life Member, Western Australian Naturalists Club; president, Western Australian Gould league from 1959; chairman, Western Australian Division, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science 1967-68.

Chronology

1939 - 1964
Career position - Government Entomologist, Western Australian Department of Agriculture
1945 - 1946
Career position - President, Royal Society of Western Australia
1963 - 1964
Career position - President, Royal Society of Western Australia
1964 - 1973
Career position - Chief, Biological Services Division, Western Australian Department of Agriculture
1966
Award - Medal of the Royal Society of Western Australia
1967 - 1968
Career position - Chairman, Western Australian Division, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science

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Journal Articles

  • Jenkins, C. F. H., 'A history of the Royal Society of Western Australia, and its role in the community: Presidential address', Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, 48 (1965), 33-44. Details

Resources

See also

  • Johnstone, R. E., 'A history of ornithology at the Western Australian Museum' in Contributions to the History of Australasian Ornithology, Davis, William E.; Recher, Harry E.; Boles, Walter E.; and Jackson, Jerome A., eds (Cambridge, Mass.: Nuttall Ornithological Club, 2008), pp. 165-98. Details
  • Robin, Libby, The Flight of the Emu: a Hundred Years of Australian Ornithology 1901-2001 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2001), 492 pp. Details

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