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Biographical entry Irwin-Smith, Vera Adelaide

Born
Riverina, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Entomologist

Summary

Vera Adelaide Irwin-Smith was an entomologist who specialised in Diptera Brachycera - parasitic flies. She wrote several articles on her research.

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Events

1916
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Sydney
1919 - 1923
Career position - Linnean Macleay Fellow in Zoology at the University of Sydney
1923
Career position - Researcher at the Molteno Institute in Cambridge

Archival resources

University of Sydney, Archives

  • Vera Adelaide Irwin-Smith - Records, P 84; University of Sydney, Archives. Details

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

  • 'Vera Adelaide Irwin-Smith', Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, vol. 90, no. 1, 1965, pp. 5-6. Details

Online Resources

  • National Library of Australia, 'Irwin-Smith, Vera Adelaide', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475449. Details

McCarthy, G.J.

Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 23 June 2005