Person
Olliff, Arthur Sidney (1865 - 1895)
- Born
- 21 October 1865
England - Died
- 29 December 1895
- Occupation
- Entomologist
Summary
Arthur Olliff was an entomologist whose principal interest was in butterflies. For a short period he was employed by the Australian Museum, Sydney. He published Australian butterflies: a brief account of the native families (1888) originally as newspaper articles and later in book form in 1898. It was the first popular book devoted to Australian butterflies. Olliff's plans to publish a checklist of Australian butterflies came to nothing with his premature death.
Details
Chronology
- 1885
- Life event - Arrived in New South Wales
- 1885 - 1889
- Career position - Assistant in Entomology, Australian Museum
Related entries
Published resources
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
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q4800284. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/94685557. Details
- 'Olliff, A Sidney (1865-1895)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1264191. Details
See also
- Moulds, M. S., 'The history of Australian butterfly research and collecting' in The biology of Australian butterflies, Kitching, R. L., Scheermeyer, E., Jones, R. E. and Pierce, N. E., eds (Melbourne: CSIRO Publications, 1999), pp. 1-24. Details
Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 6 October 2023
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