Person

Wishart, Graham (1937 - 2015)

Born: 23 July 1937
Died: 27 April 2015
Occupation: Arachnologist and Pharmacist

Summary

Graham Wishart was a pharmacist who in retirement became interested in trapdoor spiders (Mygalomorphae). He published descriptions of 43 new species for eastern Australia and between 1992 and 2008 published seven papers on trapdoors in scientific journals.

Published resources

Journal Articles

Raven, Robert, 'Obituary: Graham Wishart (1937 - 2015)', Australasian arachnology, 86 (2015), 12-3. Details

Helen Cohn

Created: 19 February 2019, Last modified: 9 November 2021

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