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Biographical entry Johnston, Thomas Harvey (1881 - 1951)

Born
9 December 1881
Balmain, New South Wales, Australia
Died
30 August 1951
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Occupation
Biologist and Parasitologist

Summary

Thomas Harvey Johnston was Professor of Biology, University of Queensland 1919- 22 and Controller of the Commonwealth Prickly Pear Laboratories 1920-23. He was Professor of Zoology, University of Adelaide from 1922 and travelled to Antarctica with D. Mawson 1929-31.

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Archival resources

Barr Smith Library, Special Collections, The University of Adelaide

  • Thomas Harvey Johnston - Records, 1908 - 1938, 632.5/J73p; Barr Smith Library, Special Collections, The University of Adelaide. Details

South Australian Museum Archives

  • Thomas Harvey Johnston - Records, 1929 - 1931, 164AAE and others; South Australian Museum Archives. Details
  • Thomas Harvey Johnston - Records, 1914 - 1930, A.D. 37; South Australian Museum Archives. Details

Published resources

Books

  • Gregory, Helen, Vivant Professores: Distinguished Members of the University of Queensland, 1910-1940, University of Queensland Library, St Lucia, 1987, 180 pp. Details

Book Sections

  • Sandars, Dorothea F., 'Johnston, Thomas Harvey (1881-1951), Biologist and Parasitologist', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 9, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1983, p. 501. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090497b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

  • 'Obituary: Professor T. Harvey Johnston', Australian Journal of Science, vol. 14, no. 3, 1951, p. 89. Details
  • Earley, C.M., 'List of Titles of the Published Works of Thomas Harvey Johnston, MA, DSc', Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia, vol. 75-6, 1952, pp. i-ix. Details
  • Johnston, T. Harvey, 'Frederick Manson Bailey, CMG, FLS Presidential Address', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, vol. 28, 1916, pp. 3-10. Details
  • Johnston, T. Harvey, 'A Hundred Years of Zoology in South Australia', Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia, vol. lx, 1936, pp. xli-lv. Details
  • Sandars, Dorothea F., 'Professor T. Harvey Johnston. Memorial Lecture', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, vol. 64, 1952, pp. 57-68. Details

Online Resources

McCarthy, G.J.

Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 31 July 2006