Person
Goddard, Ernest James (1883 - 1948)
- Born
- 10 March 1883
Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 17 January 1948
Heron Island, Queensland, Australia - Occupation
- Biologist, University Administrator and Zoologist
Summary
Ernest Goddard was a zoologist who conducted well-regarded research on leeches (Hirudinae) and earthworms (Oligochaetae). For four years he was Professor of Zoology, Geological and Mineralogy at Victoria College, South Africa, where he instigated a zoological survey of the country and established the South African Marine Biological and Oceanographic Station. Goddard returned to Australia in 1922 to become Professor of Biology at the University of Queensland. He played a central role in the foundation of the Faculties of Dentistry and Medicine, and was Dean of the Faculties of Agriculture and Dentistry. His involvement in wider agricultural issues included the eradication of Prickly Pear, the banana disease Bunchy top, and a secondment to the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock. Goddard was an early member of the Entomological Society of Queensland and served as President of the Royal Society of Queensland.
Details
Chronology
- 1904
- Education - BA, University of Sydney
- 1906
- Education - BSc (hons), University of Sydney
- 1906 - 1908
- Career position - Junior Demonstrator, University of Sydney
- 1908 - 1910
- Award - Linnean Macleay Research Fellow (Zoology), University of Sydney
- 1910
- Education - DSc, University of Sydney
- 1918 - 1922
- Career position - Professor of Zoology, Geological and Mineralogy, Victoria College (later University of Stellenbosch), Cape Province, South Africa
- 1922 - 1947
- Career position - Professor of Biology, University of Queensland
- 1924
- Career position - President, Queensland Naturalists' Club
- 1926 - 1941
- Career position - Member, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
- 1927 - ?
- Career position - Dean, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Queensland
- 1927
- Career position - President, Royal Society of Queensland
- 1935 - ?
- Career position - Dean, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Queensland
- 1936 - 1939
- Career position - Seconded to Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock as science co-ordinating officer
Related entries
Published resources
Books
- Gregory, Helen, Vivant Professores: Distinguished Members of the University of Queensland, 1910-1940 (St Lucia: University of Queensland Library, 1987), 180 pp. Details
Book Sections
- Clarke, E., 'Goddard, Ernest James (1883-1948), Professor of Biology' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds, vol. 9 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1983), pp. 36-37. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090034b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Lumb, Sydney F., 'The life and work of Ernest James Goddard: the inaugural Ernest James Goddard Oration', Queensland dental journal, 6 (6) (1954), 282-91. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21537470. Details
- 'Goddard, Ernest James (1883-1948)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1468936. Details
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