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Biographical entry Fletcher, Joseph James (1850 - 1926)
- Born
- 1850
Auckland, New Zealand - Died
- 15 May 1926
Hunter's Hill, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Zoologist and Botanist
Summary
Joseph James Fletcher was the director of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1893-1919. He had joined the Society in 1881, its council in 1883, became librarian in 1886 and was president 1919-21. Earlier he had taught science at Newington College, Sydney.
Archival resources
Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science
- Adolph Basser Library Pictorial Collection, MS 56; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details
Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales
- Baldwin Spencer - Records, 1880 - 1929, ML MSS 29; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
- J. D. Cox - Records, 1898 - 1906, B1174; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
- Linnean Society of New South Wales - Records, 1826 - 1970, ML MSS 2009; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
Published resources
Book Sections
- Walsh, G. P., 'Fletcher, Joseph James (1850?-1926)', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 8, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1981, pp. 525-526. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080548b.htm. Details
Edited Books
- Fletcher, J.J. (ed.), The Macleay Memorial Volume, Sydney, 1893. Details
Journal Articles
- 'Joseph James Fletcher, 1850-1926', Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales Memorial Series No. 2, vol. 52, 54, 1927. Details
- Fletcher, J.J., 'On the Rise and Early Progress of our Knowledge of the Australian Fauna', Australasian Association for Advancement of Science, vol. vii, 1901, pp. 69-104. Details
- Fletcher, J.J., 'The Society's Heritage from the Macleays', Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, vol. 45, 1920, pp. 592-629. Details
- Fletcher, J.J., 'The Society's Heritage From the Macleays. Part ii', Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, vol. liv, 1929, pp. 185-272. Details
Online Resources
- National Library of Australia, 'Fletcher, Joseph James', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1470736. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
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