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Biographical entry Newman, Leslie John William (1878 - 1938)
- Born
- 16 February 1878
Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 8 December 1938
- Occupation
- Entomologist and Horticulturalist
Summary
Leslie John W. Newman joined the Western Australian Department of Agriculture in 1904 as a horticultural inspector. In 1918 he was appointed economic entomologist and head of department and in 1920 was appointed government entomologist.
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Published resources
Books
- Musgrave, A., Bibliography of Australian Entomology, 1775-1930, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales., Sydney, 1932, 380 pp. Details
Book Sections
- Jenkins, C.F.H., 'Newman, Leslie John William (1878-1938), entomologist', in Geoffrey Serle (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 11, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1988, pp. 14-15. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110015b.htm. Details
Online Resources
- National Library of Australia, 'Newman, Leslie John William', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1465205. 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
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 13 December 2006
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