Person
Dodd, Alan Parkhurst (1896 - 1981)
- Born
- 8 January 1896
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - Died
- 3 July 1981
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - Occupation
- Entomologist
Summary
Alan Dodd was director, Biological Section, Queensland Department of Lands 1939-1962. Earlier he had worked as Assistant Entomologist at the Sugar Experiment Station at Gordonvale, North Queensland where he directed research work on chemical control of noxious weeds. The highlight of his career was his role in the introduction and dissemination of Cactoblastis for the control of Prickly Pear.
Details
Born Brisbane, 8 January 1896. Died Brisbane, 3 July 1981. OBE 1961. Educated Townsville Grammar School. Assistant Entomologist, Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations 1912-1921 (this period includes three and a half years in the Australian Imperial Force during World War I); Assistant Entomologist, Commonwealth Prickly-Pear Board 1921-24, Senior Entomologist in North and South America 1924-25, Chief Entomologist 1925-29, Officer-in-charge Investigations 1925-39; Scientific Advisor, Queensland Prickly-Pear Land Commission from August 1927; director, Biological Section, Queensland Department of Lands 1939-62.
Related entries
Published resources
Books
- Dodd, A. P., The biological control of the prickly pear (Melbourne: Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, 1927), 44 pp. Details
- Dodd, A. P., The biological campaign against Prickly Pear (Brisbane: Commonwealth Prickly Pear Board, 1940), 177 pp. Details
- Dodd, Alan P., The progress of biological control of prickly pear in Australia (Brisbane: Government Printer, 1929), 44 pp. Details
- 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
Book Sections
- Dodd A. P., 'The biological control of Prickly Pear in Australia' in Biogeography and ecology in Australia, Keast, A.; Crocker, R.L.; and Christian, C.S., eds (Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer, 1959), pp. 565-77. Details
- McFadyen, R. E., 'Dodd, Alan Parkhurst (1896-1981), Entomologist' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 17 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2007), pp. 322-323. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/dodd-alan-parkhurst-12425. Details
Journal Articles
- Dodd, A. P., 'The control and eradication of Prickly Pear in Australia', Bulletin of entomological research, 27 (3) (1936), 503-17. Details
- Dodd, A. P., 'The conquest of Prickly Pear', Journal of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland, 3 (5) (1945), 351-61. Details
- Dodd, Alan P., 'The campaign against Prickly Pear in Australia: work of the Commonwealth Prickly Pear Board', Nature, 117 (2948) (1926), 625-6. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21390142. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/31921606. Details
- 'Dodd, Alan P (1896-1981)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-584170. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
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