Person
Ratcliffe, Francis Noble (1904 - 1970)
- Born
- 11 January 1904
Calcutta, India - Died
- 8 December 1970
Acton, Australian Capital Territory, Australia - Occupation
- Entomologist
Summary
Francis Ratcliffe was Officer-in-Charge, Wildlife Survey Section, CSIRO to 1961, then Assistant Chief, Division of Entomology until his retirement.
Details
Born Calcutta, India, 11 January 1904. Died 8 December 1970. OBE. Educated University of Oxford (BA) and Princeton, USA. Senior Research Officer, Division of Economic Entomology, CSIR; seconded to Army as Major, Australian Army Medical Corps in medical entomology; Officer-in-Charge, Wildlife Survey Section, CSIRO to 1961; Assistant Chief, Division of Entomology 1961-?
Chronology
- 1963 - 1964
- Career position - President, Ecological Society of Australia
Related entries
Published resources
Books
- Ratcliffe, Francis N., Flying Fox and Drifting Sand: the Adventures of a Biologist in Australia (Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1938). Details
- Ratcliffe, Francis N., The Rabbit Problem: a Survey of Research Needs and Possibilities (Melbourne: CSIRO, 1951). Details
Book Sections
- Griffiths, Tom, 'Francis Ratcliffe and changing ecological visions' in Perspectives on wildlife research: celebrating 50 years of CSIRO Wildlife and Ecology, Saunders, Denis, Spratt, David and van Wensveen, Monica, eds (Chipping Norton, N.S.W. & Canberra: Surrey Beatty & Sons with CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, 2002), pp. 132-40. Details
- Warhurst, John, 'Ratcliffe, Francis Noble (1904-1970), Ecologist and Conservationist' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, John Ritchie and Diane Langmore, eds, vol. 16 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2002), pp. 61-62. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A160070b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- 'Obituary: Francis Ratcliffe: the Australian conservation pioneer', Newsletter of the Australian Conservation Foundation, 3 (1) (1971), 4-6. Details
- Coman, B.J., 'Francis Ratcliffe, Pioneer Conservationist', Quadrant, 42 (1-2) (1998), 20-26. Details
- Mackerras, I. M., 'Francis Ratcliffe (1904-1970): Obituary', Search, 2 (3) (1971), 74-75. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5482261. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/77837059. Details
- 'Ratcliffe, Francis N (1904-1970)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-461881. Details
Resource Sections
- Ward, C., 'Francis Noble Ratcliffe', in CSIROpedia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), 2011, https://csiropedia.csiro.au/Ratcliffe-Francis-Noble. Details
See also
- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_r.html. Details
- Main, A. R., 'Horace Waring, 1910-1980', Historical Records of Australian Science, 5 (2) (1981), 116-121. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9810520116. Details
- Norris, K. R., 'Ian Murray Mackerras 1898-1980', Historical Records of Australian Science, 5 (2) (1981), 98-114. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9810520098. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 13 February 2018
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