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Biographical entry Sloane, Thomas Gibson (1858 - 1932)
- Born
- 20 April 1858
St Kilda, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 20 October 1932
Young, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Entomologist and Pastoralist
Summary
Thomas Gibson Sloane, the owner-manager of a stud merino flock at Moorilla, was influenced by W. Macleay and became seriously interested in natural history. He published widely and described about 600 new species of insect, mostly Carabidae.
Archival resources
Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO
- Thomas Gibson Sloane - Records, 1880 - 1932; Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO. Details
Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales
- Linnean Society of New South Wales - Records, 1826 - 1970, ML MSS 2009; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
Published resources
Books
- Musgrave, A., Bibliography of Australian Entomology, 1775-1930, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales., Sydney, 1932, 380 pp. Details
Book Sections
- Walsh, G. P., 'Sloane, Thomas Gibson (1858-1932)', in Geoffrey Serle (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 11, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1988, pp. 635-636. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110654b.htm. Details
Online Resources
- National Library of Australia, 'Sloane, Thomas Gibson', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1465080. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 7 August 2006
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