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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn updated 2025-01-17 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000733b.htm person Rayment Percy Tarlton AACR2 27 November 1882 17 June 1964 Place of Birth Reading, Berkshire, England Place of Death Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Naturalist Author Tarlton Rayment was a Melbourne beekeeper and naturalist who published widely on broad range of natural history topics, as well as making radio broadcasts and films. He was particularly known for his writings on beekeeping and the nutrition of bees, his best-known book being A cluster of bees (1935). Other research was on the taxonomy of bees, many of his papers describing new species and genera and being accompanied by the skilled drawings he did of his subjects and plants they favoured. He worked for short periods for the CSIRO Division of Entomology identifying specimens, and in 1952 became Honorary Entomologist at the National Museum of Victoria. His work was recognised with a Fellowship of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales in 1946 and the Australian Natural History Medallion in 1951. Rayment was active in local naturalists' societies, being President of the Entomological Society of Victoria and the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria. 1902 1902 Life event - Migrated to Australia 1930 1931 Career position - President, Entomological Society of Victoria 1945 1964 Career position - Fellow, Zoological Society of London 1946 1964 Award - Fellow, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1951 1951 Award - Australian Natural History Medallion, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria 1952 Career position - Honorary Entomologist, National Museum of Victoria 1954 1955 Career position - Vice-President, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria 1955 1956 Career position - President, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria Australian Natural History Medallion, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria (1940 - )

Awarded the Medallion 1951

 Entomological Society of Victoria (1927 - )

President 1930 - 1931

 National Museum of Victoria (1858 - 1983)

Honorary Entomologist 1952 - ?

 The Field Naturalists Club of Victoria Inc (1880 - )

President 1955 - 1956

 Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales (1879 - )

Fellow 1946 - 1964

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 'Rayment, Percy Tarlton', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Rayment, Percy Tarlton Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource Section: Rayment, Percy Tarlton - Ms 138 Rayment, Percy Tarlton - Ms 138 Australian Academy of Science 1994 Listing of Adolph Basser Library holdings Book: The melody lingers on: biography of Tarlton Rayment, F. R. Z. S. Young, Lynette The melody lingers on: biography of Tarlton Rayment, F. R. Z. S. Melbourne Hawthorn Press 1967 Percy Tarlton Rayment - Records Cornell University, USA Percy Tarlton Rayment - Records 1902 - 1964 A large collection of original drawings c1902-60. Artwork Percy Tarlton Rayment - Records The University of Melbourne Archives Percy Tarlton Rayment - Records 1938 - 1949 Typescripts and illustrations for his scientific and fictional works 1938-49 [60 cm]. 0.6 m Artwork Percy Tarlton Rayment - Records Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO Percy Tarlton Rayment - Records 1902 - 1960 Collection of insects (mostly hymenoptera) with associated catalogue and comprehensive index 1902-c1960; reprint collection relating to bees. Objects Percy Tarlton Rayment - Records Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science Percy Tarlton Rayment - Records MS 138 1940 - 1949 Illustrations of insects (5 pages), mainly bees with an illustration of a triggerplant (1 page) by Rita Erickson, the donor, probably late 1940s. 0.01 m Artwork Gilbert Percy Whitley - Records Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science Gilbert Percy Whitley - Records MS 022 1942 - 1964 Unpublished typescript entitled 'A History of the Australian Museum, 1827-1962' by Percy (388 pages); correspondence regarding shark research, the Zoological Society of New South Wales and the "Zoologist" 1948-56; correspondence 1939-64 with scientific figures and institutions [39 cm, MS 22]. 0.39 m, 7 boxes