Person
Houghton, Sheila (1928 - 2014)
- Born
- 18 March 1928
Herne Bay, Kent, United Kingdom - Died
- 16 September 2014
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Librarian, Naturalist and Science historian
Summary
Sheila Houghton became a Member of the Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria in 1972 and for the next 42 years was a central figure in the life of the Club. She held office in a number of capacities including Member of Council and Vice President. When the Club acquired its own premises, Houghton, as a member of the Property Committee, was a driving force in the refitting of the building. She ensured that adequate space was allotted to each of the Club's activities and that all work complied with government and local regulations. For 25 years from 1985 she gave invaluable service to the Library (where her training an librarian came to the fore), while also shouldering responsibility for the archives from 1999. Several of her published papers reflect her deep knowledge of the Club's history. In 1996 Houghton was made an Honorary Life Member of the Club, while her contribution to the Club's library and archives was acknowledged in 2010 with the naming of the Sheila Houghton Library and Archive.
Details
Chronology
- 1972 - 1996
- Career position - Member, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria
- 1981 - 1996
- Career position - Member of Council, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria
- 1982 - 1985
- Career position - Secretary, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria
- 1985
- Career position - Vice-President, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria
- 1985 - 2011
- Career position - Librarian, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria
- January 1986 - 1987
- Career position - Acting President, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria
- 1987 - 1999
- Career position - Secretary, Australian Natural History Medallion Committee, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria
- 1988 - 1990
- Career position - Vice-President, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria
- 1996 - 2014
- Award - Honorary Life Member, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria
- 1999 - 2011?
- Career position - Archivist, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria
Related entries
Published resources
Books
- Houghton, Sheila, The history of the Australian Natural History Medallion (South Yarra, Vic.: Field Naturalists Club of Victoria, 1987), 20 pp. Details
- Houghton, Sheila, Index to Southern science record (Blackburn, Vic.: Field Naturalists Club of Victoria, 2004), 23 pp. Details
- Houghton, Sheila and Presland, Gary, Leaves from Our History: the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria, 1880-2005 (Box Hill: Field Naturalists Club of Victoria, 2005), 30 pp. Details
Journal Articles
- Houghton, Sheila, 'Australian Natural History Medallion 1989: Bruce A. Fuhrer', Victorian naturalist, 106 (6) (1989), 260-1. Details
- Houghton, Sheila, 'Alexander Noble Burns 1899 - 1994', The Victorian naturalist, 111 (6) (1994), 247. Details
- Houghton, Sheila, 'Baron von Mueller and The Victorian Naturalist', The Victorian naturalist, 113 (1996), 140-142. Details
- Houghton, Sheila, 'Mount Buffalo and the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria: an historic account', The Victorian naturalist, 115 (1998), 160-3. Details
- Houghton, Sheila, 'Tribute, Daniel Ernest McInnes 1906-1998', The Victorian naturalist, 116 (1) (1999), 34-36. Details
- Houghton, Sheila, 'Frederick McCoy and the FNCV', The Victorian naturalist, 118 (2001), 314-8. Details
- Houghton, Sheila, '"If it is not against the rules": women in the FNCV 1880 - 1980', The Victorian naturalist, 122 (6) (2005), 290-306. Details
- Houghton, Sheila, 'Arthur James Farnworth MBE, PhD, 30 September 1923 - 10 December 2006', The Victorian naturalist, 124 (3) (2007), 181-2. Details
- Houghton, Sheila, 'Linda Margaret Potter, 10 December 1919-February 2009', The Victorian naturalist, 126 (3) (2008), 4-5 . Details
- McInnes, Dan, 'Sheila Houghton - Honorary Membership FNCV', Field Nats news, 51 (1996), 7. Details
- Presland, Gary, 'Sheila Houghton 18 March 1928 - 16 September 2014', Victorian naturalist, 131 (6) (2014), 219-20. Details
Helen Cohn
Created: 18 February 2025