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Biographical entry Rainbow, William Joseph (1856 - 1919)
- Born
- 1856
Yorkshire, England - Died
- 21 November 1919
- Occupation
- Entomologist
Summary
William Joseph Rainbow was Entomologist to the Australian Museum from 1895 to 1919 and founder and President of the Naturalist Society of New South Wales. Earlier he had worked as a journalist in Sydney (1883-1895) and before that with the Wanganui Herald in New Zealand (c1873 – 1883).
Archival resources
Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales
- William Joseph Rainbow - Records, 1905 - 1907; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
Published resources
Books
- Musgrave, A., Bibliography of Australian Entomology, 1775-1930, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales., Sydney, 1932, 380 pp. Details
Online Resources
- National Library of Australia, 'Rainbow, W J', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-638928. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 25 August 2006
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