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Biographical entry Goldfinch, Gilbert Macarthur (1887 - 1943)
- Born
- 22 June 1887
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 16 January 1943
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Entomologist
Summary
Gilbert Mac Arthur Goldfinch was educated at Tudor House and Sydney's Church of England Grammar School, then trained as an entomologist. He became an expert in moths, but also had an interest in shells. In 1905 he was a volunteer assistant at the Australian Museum and was later employed as a conchologist. Goldfinch also worked for Dalgety's, a merchant company dealing mainly in wool, from 1922-1934. Gilbert Goldfinch was secretary of the University Club (1934-1942) and a member (since 1912) and councillor (1925-1931) of the Linnaean Society of New South Wales.
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Books
- Musgrave, A., Bibliography of Australian Entomology, 1775-1930, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales., Sydney, 1932, 380 pp. Details
Online Resources
- National Library of Australia, 'Goldfinch Gilbert Macarthur', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476841. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 4 February 2010
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