Person
Irwin-Smith, Vera Adelaide
- Born
- Riverina, New South Wales, Australia
- Occupation
- Entomologist
Summary
Vera Irwin-Smith was an entomologist who specialised in Diptera Brachycera - parasitic flies. She wrote several articles on her research.
Details
Chronology
- 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
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Exhibition of the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, First published 2003 with lists updated regulary edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details
Books
- Musgrave, A., Bibliography of Australian entomology, 1775-1930: with biographical notes on authors and collectors (Sydney: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, 1932), 380 pp. Details
Journal Articles
- 'Vera Adelaide Irwin-Smith', Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 90 (1) (1965), 5-6. Details
Resources
- 'Irwin-Smith, Vera Adelaide', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475449. Details
See also
- Hooker, Claire, Irresistible Forces: Australian Women in Science (Carlton: Melbourne University Press, 2004), 215 pp. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 2 March 2018
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