Person
Rayment, Percy Tarlton (1882 - 1964)
- Born
- 27 November 1882
Reading, Berkshire, England - Died
- 17 June 1964
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Naturalist and Author
Summary
Tarlton Rayment was a Melbourne beekeeper and naturalist who published widely on broad range of natural history topics, as well as making radio broadcasts and films. He was particularly known for his writings on beekeeping and the nutrition of bees, his best-known book being A cluster of bees (1935). Other research was on the taxonomy of bees, many of his papers describing new species and genera and being accompanied by the skilled drawings he did of his subjects and plants they favoured. He worked for short periods for the CSIRO Division of Entomology identifying specimens, and in 1952 became Honorary Entomologist at the National Museum of Victoria. His work was recognised with a Fellowship of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales in 1946 and the Australian Natural History Medallion in 1951. Rayment was active in local naturalists' societies, being President of the Entomological Society of Victoria and the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria.
Details
Chronology
- 1902
- Life event - Migrated to Australia
- 1930 - 1931
- Career position - President, Entomological Society of Victoria
- 1945 - 1964
- Career position - Fellow, Zoological Society of London
- 1946 - 1964
- Award - Fellow, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
- 1951
- Award - Australian Natural History Medallion, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria
- 1952 -
- Career position - Honorary Entomologist, National Museum of Victoria
- 1954 - 1955
- Career position - Vice-President, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria
- 1955 - 1956
- Career position - President, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria
Related entries
Archival resources
Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science
- Gilbert Percy Whitley - Records, 1942 - 1964, MS 022; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details
- Percy Tarlton Rayment - Records, 1940 - 1949, MS 138; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details
Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO
- Percy Tarlton Rayment - Records, 1902 - 1960; Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO. Details
Cornell University, USA
- Percy Tarlton Rayment - Records, 1902 - 1964; Cornell University, USA. Details
The University of Melbourne Archives
- Percy Tarlton Rayment - Records, 1938 - 1949; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- Smith, Ailie, Adolph Basser Library Manuscript Collection, eScholarship Research Centre, 2012, http://www.eoas.info/basser_browse.html. Details
Books
- Young, Lynette, The melody lingers on: biography of Tarlton Rayment, F. R. Z. S. (Melbourne: Hawthorn Press, 1967), 123 pp. Details
Book Sections
- Walker, Kenneth L., 'Rayment, Percy Tarlton (1882-1964), Apiarist, Biologist and Writer' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Geoffrey Serle, ed., vol. 11 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1988), pp. 338-339. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110353b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7686340. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/74855072. Details
- 'Rayment, Tarlton', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1462111. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Rayment, Percy Tarlton - Ms 138', in Listing of Adolph Basser Library holdings, Australian Academy of Science, 1994, http://www.science.org.au/basser/manuscript-collection/ms138.html. Details
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