Biographical entry Tillyard, Robin John (1881 - 1937)

Summary

Robin John Tillyard worked as an entomologist in New Zealand 1920-27, and was Chief of the Division Economic Entomology, CSIR 1928-34. Earlier he taught at Sydney Grammar School 1904-13 and worked at the University of Sydney c1913-17.

Archival resources

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Corporate Records and Archives Strategies

• Robin John Tillyard - Records, 1928 - 1934, Series 3, 67 and others; Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Corporate Records and Archives Strategies. Details

Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales

• Angus & Robertson - Records, 1824 - 1933, ML MSS 314; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
• Arthur Wilberforce Jose - Records, 1919 - 1925, A7273; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
• Robin John Tillyard - Records, 1921 - 1937; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

Published resources

Books

• Evans, J. W., The Life and Work of Robin John Tillyard, 1881-1937, University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, 1963. Details
• Musgrave, A., Bibliography of Australian Entomology, 1775-1930, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales., Sydney, 1932, 380 pp. Details

Book Sections

• Waterhouse, D. F.; Norris, K. R., 'Tillyard, Robin John (1881-1937), Naturalist and Entomologist', in John Ritchie (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 12, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1990, pp. 232-233. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120258b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• 'Robin John Tillyard, 1881-1937', Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, vol. 71, 1946, pp. 252-256. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Tillyard, R J', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-552632. Details

See also

• Norris, K. R., 'Ian Murray Mackerras 1898-1980', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 5, no. 2, 1981, pp. 98-114. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9810520098.htm. Details