Biographical entry Longman, Albert Heber (1880 - 1954)

Summary

Albert Heber Longman was Director of the Queensland Museum 1917-45. He published 70 scientific papers, notably on fossil vertebrates but also contributed popular articles to the local press and spoke to many societies.

Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

• Heber Albert Longman - Records, 1900 - 1954, MS 6; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

Queensland Museum Library

• Heber Albert Longman - Records, 1911 - 1945; Queensland Museum Library. Details

Published resources

Books

• Longman, H. A., Religion of a Naturalist, Watts, London, 1914. Details

Book Sections

• Gill, J. C. H., 'Longman, Albert Heber (1880-1954), Newspaper Publisher and Museum Director', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 10, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1986, pp. 138-139. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100130b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Herbert, D.A., 'Heber Albert Longman', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, vol. lxvi, no. 7, 1954, pp. 83-88. Details
• Turner, Susan, 'Heber Albert Longman (1880-1954), Queensland Museum scientist: a new bibliography', Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, vol. 51, no. 1, 2005, pp. 237-257. Details

Online Resources

• 'Longman, Heber Albert - Ms 6', in Listing of Adolph Basser Library holdings, Australian Academy of Science, 1994, http://www.science.org.au/basser/manuscript-collection/ms006.html. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'Longman, Heber A', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-855169. Details