People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Birth

17 March, 1908
Salisbury, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Death

13 July, 1997 (aged 89)
Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Cause of Death

unknown

Cultural Heritage

Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.

• English

Religious Influence

Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.

• Anglican

Education

• St Peter's College (Adelaide)
• University of Western Australia

Occupation or Descriptor

• entomologist
• farmer
• nature writer
• public servant

Awards

• Gold Medal (Royal Society of Western Australia)
• Member of the Order of the British Empire

Legacies

• C.F.H. and E.A. Jenkins Postgraduate Research Scholarship (University of Western Australia)

Key Organisations

• Gould League (WA)
• Royal Society of Western Australia
• National Parks Board of Western Australia
• National Parks Authority of Western Australia
• Bushfires Board of WA

Workplaces

• Western Australian Museum
• Dept of Agriculture (WA)
• University of Western Australia (entomology)