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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. & Rosanne Walker updated 2025-07-01 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000584b.htm person Lucas Arthur Henry Shakespeare FRGS FRS AACR2 7 May 1853 10 June 1936 Place of Birth Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England Place of Death Albury, New South Wales, Australia Naturalist Schoolmaster Ornithologist Explorer Arthur Lucas, who was born and educated in England, came, as mathematics and science master, to Wesley College, Melbourne in 1883. He was later headmaster of Newington College, Sydney 1892-1898 and then taught at Sydney Grammar School 1899-1923. Lucas was an active participant in scientific societies in Australia, serving as President of both the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria (F.N.C.V.) and the Linnean Society of New South Wales. He was heavily involved in the campaign of the F.N.C.V. to establish a national park at Wilsons Promontory (ultimately established in 1898) and in the initiation of a biological survey of Port Philip. Lucas wrote widely on the Australian fauna and was a recognised authority on Australian marine algae. For over 20 years Lucas was Honorary Curator of Algae at the herbarium of New South Wales. 1870 1874 Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA), University of Oxford, England 1874 1877 Education - Master of Arts (MA), University of Oxford, England 1878 1882 Career position - Teacher, Leys School, Cambridge 1879 1879 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of London 1881 1936? Award - Fellow, Geological Society, London 1883 1891 Career position - Mathematics and Science Master, Wesley College, Melbourne 1884 1892 Career position - Editor, Victorian naturalist 1887 1889 Career position - President, Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria 1888 Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1892 1898 Career position - Headmaster, Newington College, Sydney 1893 1936 Career position - Member, Linnean Society of New South Wales 1894 1936 Career position - Council Member, Linnean Society of New South Wales 1899 1916 Career position - Mathematics and Science Master, Sydney Grammar School 1907 1909 Career position - President, Linnean Society of New South Wales 1909 1909 Career position - President, Section E (Geography), Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1916 1919 Career position - Acting Headmaster, Sydney Grammar School 1920 1923 Career position - Headmaster, Sydney Grammar School 1921 Career position - Foundation Councillor (Botany), Australian National Research Council 1923 1923 Career position - Chair of Mathematics and Acting Professor, University of Tasmania 1934 1934 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus lucasii Blakely was named in his honour Linnean Society of New South Wales (1874 - )

President 1907 - 1909; Member of Council 1894 - 1936.

 The Field Naturalists Club of Victoria Inc (1880 - )

President 1887 - 1889

 The University of Tasmania (1890 - )

Acting Professor of Mathematics 1924 - 1925

 The Victorian naturalist (1884 - )

Editor 1884 - 1892

 Australian National Research Council (ANRC) (1919 - 1955)

Foundation Member (Botany) 1921 -

 Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science (1888 - 1930)

Original [founding] member 1888 - ; President, Section E (Geography) 1909

 Lucas, Thomas Pennington (1843 - 1917)

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 Lucas, A H S (1853-1936)

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 'Lucas, Arthur Henry Shakespeare', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Lucas, Arthur Henry Shakespeare Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Lucas, Arthur Henry Shakespeare (1853-1936), school master and biologist Ducker, Sophic C. Lucas, Arthur Henry Shakespeare (1853-1936), school master and biologist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1986 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 10: 1891 - 1939 Lat-Ner Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 163-164 Book: The seaweeds of South Australia Lucas, A.H.S.; and Perrin, F. The seaweeds of South Australia Adelaide Government Printer 1936-1947 Journal Article: Presidential address: the relations of science and government Lucas, A. H. S. Presidential address: the relations of science and government 1908 Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 33 13-38 Book: Scientist: His Own Story Lucas, A. H. Scientist: His Own Story 1937 Sydney Angus & Robertson 1937 Journal Article: Charles Darwin on Australia Lucas, A. H. S. Charles Darwin on Australia 1885 The Victorian naturalist 2 20-24 Book: The seaweeds of South Australia, part 1: introduction and the green and brown seaweeds Lucas, A. H. S. The seaweeds of South Australia, part 1: introduction and the green and brown seaweeds Adelaide Government Printer 1936 Journal Article: A Pioneer Botanist in Victoria Lucas, A. H.S. A Pioneer Botanist in Victoria 1933 The Victorian naturalist 50 12 186-190 Book: The algae of Commonwealth Bay Lucas, A. . S. The algae of Commonwealth Bay Sydney Government Printer 1919 Book: The birds of Australia Lucas, A. H. S.; and Le Souëf, W. H. Dudley The birds of Australia Melbourne Whitcombe and Tombs 1911 Journal Article: Joseph Henry Maiden, 1859-1925 (Memorial series, no. 3) A. H. S. L. [ie Arthur H. S. Lucas] Joseph Henry Maiden, 1859-1925 (Memorial series, no. 3) 1930 Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 55 4 355-370 Journal Article: Arthur Henry Shakespeare Lucas, 1853-1936 (Memorial series, no. 7) H. J. C. [ie Herbert J. Carter] Arthur Henry Shakespeare Lucas, 1853-1936 (Memorial series, no. 7) 1937 Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 62 3/4 243-252 Journal Article: An early overland expedition to Wilsons Promontory Ducker, Sophie C. An early overland expedition to Wilsons Promontory 1998 The Victorian naturalist 115 292-5 Journal Article: Port Phillip Heads: a phycological saga Ducker, Sophie C. Port Phillip Heads: a phycological saga 1983 Phycologia 22 431-443 Book: A doctor in the garden: nomen medici in botanicis: Australian flora and the world of medicine Pearn, John Hemsley A doctor in the garden: nomen medici in botanicis: Australian flora and the world of medicine Herston, Qld Amphion Press 2001 Book: Dictionary of Australian biography Serle, Percival Dictionary of Australian biography Sydney Angus & Robertson 1949 Book: The Flight of the Emu: a Hundred Years of Australian Ornithology 1901-2001 Robin, Libby The Flight of the Emu: a Hundred Years of Australian Ornithology 1901-2001 Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2001 Resource: Science and the making of Victoria Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre Science and the making of Victoria 2001 Journal Article: Botanical pioneers in Victoria - II Willis, J. H. Botanical pioneers in Victoria - II 1949 Victorian Naturalist 66 6 103-9 Book: Botanical Pioneers in Victoria Willis, J. H. Botanical Pioneers in Victoria [Melbourne] [Brown Prior Anderson] 1949 The Victorian naturalist 66 19 Book: Botanists of the Eucalypts: short biographies of people who have named eucalypts, whose names have been given to species or who have collected type material Hall, Norman Botanists of the Eucalypts: short biographies of people who have named eucalypts, whose names have been given to species or who have collected type material Melbourne CSIRO 1978

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 Journal Article: Ronald Harry Wharton 1923-83 Sprent, J. F. A. Ronald Harry Wharton 1923-83 1985 Historical Records of Australian Science 6 2 293-301 Arthur Henry Shakespeare Lucas - Records The University of Melbourne Archives Arthur Henry Shakespeare Lucas - Records 1853 - 1936 Information in the Perrin family papers and the Lucas papers of the S. Ducker collection c1853-1936. Australian Botanists - Biographies Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science Australian Botanists - Biographies MS 064 Hunt Institute Biographies. Short biographies, averaging 2 pages, of Australian botanists, botanical collectors or artists. 0.24 m, 3 boxes Baldwin Spencer - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Baldwin Spencer - Records ML MSS 29 1880 - 1929 Includes manuscripts by Spencer, 1901-1913; correspondence, 1880-1926 including letters from Edgeworth David, H. Deane, J. J. Fletcher, C. French, W. A. Haswell, C. Hedley, G. C. Henderson, J. P. Hill, G. B. Howes, E. Jenks, J. A. Kershaw, A. Liversidge, A. H. S. Lucas, A. T. Magarey, A. J. North, T. Steel, E. C. Stirling, E. R. Waite, J. A. Watt, J. T. Wilson and C. Winnecke; miscellaneous papers, 1889-1929 consisting chiefly of tributes to Spencer on his retirement, and on his death, with a list of medical and scientific papers by E. C. Stirling. The collection also includes pictorial material. 10 volumes, 1 box, 1 folder Angus & Robertson - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Angus & Robertson - Records ML MSS 314 1824 - 1933 Includes correspondence, manuscripts, readers reports, cuttings, agreements and publishing papers. 12 m, 39 boxes, 123 volumes