Biographical entry Davidson, James (1885 - 1945)

Summary

James Davidson took up a departmental headship at the Waite Agricultural Research Institute, Adelaide in 1928 and was appointed to the Chair of Entomology there in 1937.

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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

• Davidson, J., 'One Hundred Years of Entomology in South Australia', Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia, vol. lx, 1937, pp. xxxv-xl. Details
• Swan, D. C., 'Obituary: James Davidson', Australian Journal of Science, vol. 8, no. 2-3, 1945, pp. 70-71. Details

Online Resources

• 'Davidson, J', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-784321. Details

See also

• 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
• Stephens, C.G. and Quirk, J.P., 'James Arthur Prescott 1890-1987', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 7, no. 3, 1988, pp. 299-313. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9880730299.htm. Details