Biographical entry Browning, Thomas Oakley (1920 - )

Summary

Thomas Oakley Browning was Senior Lecturer 1953-62 and the Waite Professor of Entomology 1963-83, University of Adelaide. He was Director of the International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi 1971-77.

Details

Born Maitland, South Australia, 28 January 1920. Educated University of Sydney (BSc, PhD). Assistant entomologist/entomologist, Waite Agricultural Research Institute 1948-62; Nuffield Foundation Fellow 1952; senior lecturer in zoology, University of Adelaide 1953-62; Waite Professor of Entomology 1963-83, emeritus professor 1983- ; research director, International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi 1971-77. Chairman, Environment Protection Council of South Australia 1987-88.

Archival resources

Waite Agricultural Research Institute

• Thomas Oakley Browning - Records, 1946 - 1983; Waite Agricultural Research Institute. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Browning, T. O., 'Davidson, James (1885-1945), Ecologist', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 8, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1981, pp. 226-227. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080248b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Birch, L.C.; Browning, T. O., 'Herbert George Andrewartha 1907-1992', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 9, no. 3, 1993, pp. 258-268. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9930930259.htm. Details

Online Resources

• 'Browning, Thomas Oakley', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476136. Details