Biographical entry Barnard, Francis George Allman (1857 - 1932)
- Born
- 1857
Kew, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 1932
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Entomologist and Naturalist
Summary
Francis Barnard was a foundation member of the Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria and edited their journal, "The Victorian Naturalist", for 32 years.
Details
Events
- 1879
- Education - Graduated as a registered pharmacist, University of Melbourne
- 1884 - 1900
- Career position - Honorary Secretary, Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria
- 1892 - 1925
- Career position - Editor of the Victorian Naturalist
- 1895
- Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus bosistoana F. Muell. was decribed. Barnard collected one of its nine syntypes
- 1903 - 1905
- Career position - Vice-President, Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria
- 1905 - 1907
- Career position - President, Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria
- 1915
- Career position - President of the Metropolitan Chemists Association
- 1920
- Career position - Mayor of Kew Council
Archival resources
Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science
Published resources
Books
- Musgrave, A., Bibliography of Australian Entomology, 1775-1930, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales., Sydney, 1932, 380 pp. Details
Journal Articles
- Barnard, F. G. A., 'Journeys of Dr. Neumayer in Victoria 1859-64', Victorian Naturalist, vol. 34, 1918, pp. 185-200. Details
Online Resources
- 'Barnard, F G A', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-624194. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 21 June 2012
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