Person
Hodgkin, Ernest Pease (1908 - 1998)
OAM
- Born
- 26 July 1908
Arivonimamo, Madagascar - Died
- 23 September 1998
Dalkeith, Western Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Entomologist and Marine scientist
Summary
Ernest Hodgkin was an entomologist whose early research was on arthropod vectors of malaria, filariasis and rickettsial disease while living in Malaya. After joining the University of Western Australia in 1946 his research was mainly on the ecology of invertebrate fauna of freshwater, estuaries and rocky shores. He sought to understand coastal geomorphology, and the evolution of these estuaries and the organisms that inhabit them. This research was continued in his retirement when he was consultant to several Western Australian Government organisations. Concentrating on the 21 estuaries between Augusta and Esperance, Hodgkin co-ordinated research team studies of the Blackwater River and on eutrophication in the Peel-Harvey estuarine system. Outcomes included the Estuarine studies series published by the W. A. Environmental Protection Authority. For 28 years Hodgkin was a Trustee (and Chairman) of the Western Australian Museum. He served as President of the Royal Society of Western Australia, which awarded him its Medal in 1997.
Details
Chronology
- 1930
- Education - BSc, Victoria University of Manchester, United Kingdom
- 1931 - 1942
- Career position - Entomologist, Institute of Medical Research, Federated Malay States
- 1942 - 1945
- Life event - Interned in Singapore
- 1945
- Life event - Migrated to Western Australia
- 1946 - 1948
- Career position - Lecturer, Department of Zoology, University of Western Australia
- 1948 - 1949
- Career position - Senior Lecturer, Department of Zoology, University of Western Australia
- 1949 - 1971
- Career position - Reader in comparative anatomy and entomology, Department of Zoology, University of Western Australia
- 1950
- Education - DSc, University of Western Australia
- 1955 - 1958
- Career position - Trustee, Western Australian Museum and Art Gallery
- 1958 - 1959
- Career position - President, Royal Society of Western Australia
- 1960 - 1981
- Career position - Vice-Chairman of Trustees, Western Australian Museum
- 1971 - 1973
- Career position - Associate Professor, Department of Zoology, University of Western Australia
- 1973
- Life event - Retired
- 1974 - 1996
- Career position - Environmental Consultant to Western Australia Department of Conservation and Environment and Western Australian Environmental Protection Authority
- 1982 - 1983
- Career position - Chairman of Trustees, Western Australian Museum
- 1983
- Award - Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for service to natural science and to the community
- 1989 - 1996
- Career position - Environmental advisor to the Western Australian Department of Environmental Protection
- 1997
- Award - Medal of the Royal Society of Western Australia (jointly with Arthur McComb)
Related entries
Published resources
Journal Articles
- Bradshaw, Don 1998, 'Obituary: Ernest Pease Hodgkin', Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, 81 (1998), 229. Details
- Hodgkin, Ernest P., 'Barbara York Main', Records of the Western Australian Museum, supplement, 52 (1995), vii-xv. Details
- Jones, M. G. K., 'The Royal Society of Western Australia Medallists, 1997: Dr Ernest Hodgkin, OAM; Dr Arthur McComb', Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, 80 (1997), 287. Details
Helen Cohn
Created: 21 May 2026