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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn updated 2026-03-31 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000842b.htm person Tryon Henry AACR2 20 December 1856 15 November 1943 Place of Birth Buckfastleigh, Devon, England Place of Death Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Entomologist Plant pathologist Museum curator Henry Tryon was regarded as one of Australia's foremost entomologists. Early studies in medicine in London gave way to natural history, particularly insects and plants. After a short time in Sweden and New Zealand, Tryon arrived in New Zealand in 1882. He joined the Queensland Museum in 1882, becoming Assistant Curator in 1885. Tyron's relations with the Museum having become fractious after 1887, because of his work with the Department of Agriculture on the development of pleuro pneumonia vaccine, he was appointed Government Entomologist in 1894 and concurrently, in 1901, Vegetable Pathologist with the Department. Significant work he conducted on pest species over the next 30 years included the control of prickly pear by the introduction of Cactoblastis (cochineal insect), buffalo fly and fruit fly. He published over 150 papers including a series on prickly pear with T. H. Johnston. At times he was involved with Queensland and New South Wales government inquiries on mange in stock and rabbit eradication. Tryon made significant collectors of plant and insect specimens throughout Queensland. He is commemorated in the names of several species of plants and fruit-fly, and Tryon Island in the Great Barrier Reef. 1882 1885 Career position - Clerical and scientific assistant, Queensland Museum 1884 1888 Career position - Founding Secretary, Royal Society of Queensland 1884 1891 Career position - Member, Royal Society of Queensland 1885 1893 Career position - Assistant Curator, Queensland Museum 1887 1888 Career position - Member, Queensland board of inquiry into mange-affected stock 1888 1888 Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1888 1889 Career position - Member, New South Wales Royal Commission into the destruction of rabbits 1892 1892 Career position - Foundation President, Natural History Society of Queensland 1893 1893 Career event - Retrenched from the Museum 1894 1904 Career position - Government Entomologist, Queensland Department of Agriculture 1901 1904 Career position - Vegetable Pathologist, Queensland Department of Agriculture 1903 1906 Career event - Collected plant specimens on Percy Islands, Queensland 1904 1925 Career position - Government Entomologist, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock 1904 1925 Career position - Vegetable Pathologist, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock 1906 1922 Career position - Foundation Member, Field Naturalists' Club of Queensland 1907 1907 Career position - President, Field Naturalists' Club of Queensland 1920 1929 Career position - Member, Royal Society of Queensland 1929 1943 Career position - Life member, Royal Society of Queensland 1929 1943 Award - Life member, Royal Society of Queensland Field Naturalists' Club of Queensland (1906 - 1922)

Foundation Member 1906; President 1907

 Royal Society of Queensland (1884 - )

Foundation Secretary 1884 - 1888; Life Member 1929 - 1943

 Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock, State of Queensland (1904 - 1963)

Government Entomologist 1904 - 1921; Vegetable Pathologist 1904 - 1921

 Queensland Department of Agriculture, Colony and State of Queensland (1887 - 1904)

Government Entomologist 1894 - 1904; Vegetable Pathologist 1901 - 1904

 Queensland Museum

Assistant Curator 1885 - 1893

 Natural History Society of Queensland (1892 - 1896)

Foundation President 1892

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

Original [founding] member 1888 -

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 Tryon, Henry (18561220-19431115)

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 'Tryon, Henry', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Tryon, Henry Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Henry Tryon, First Honorary Secretary, Royal Society of Queensland, and His Place in Queensland Science White, C.T. Henry Tryon, First Honorary Secretary, Royal Society of Queensland, and His Place in Queensland Science 1945 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland lvi 8 44-80 Book Section: Tryon, Henry (1856-1943), scientist Logan, G. N. Tryon, Henry (1856-1943), scientist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1990 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 12: 1891 - 1939 Smy-Z John Ritchie 272-273 Book: Bibliography of Australian entomology, 1775-1930: with biographical notes on authors and collectors Musgrave, A. Bibliography of Australian entomology, 1775-1930: with biographical notes on authors and collectors Sydney Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1932 Journal Article: Rowland Illidge Tryon, H. Rowland Illidge 1929 Queensland naturalist 7 13-9 Book: Report on the Prickly Pear Travelling Commission, 1st Nov 1912 - 30th April 1914 Johnston, T. Harvey and Tryon, Henry Report on the Prickly Pear Travelling Commission, 1st Nov 1912 - 30th April 1914 Brisbane Government Printer 1914 Journal Article: On the role of silica in the wheat-plant, in determining a comparative immunity from the attacks of the rust fungus Tryon, Henry On the role of silica in the wheat-plant, in determining a comparative immunity from the attacks of the rust fungus Sydney, NSW Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1888 Report of the first meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1 343-347 Journal Article: The late Henry Tryon Holland, C. W. The late Henry Tryon 1945 Queensland naturalist 12 117-8 Journal Article: Stem rust of wheat in colonial Australia and the development of the plant pathology profession Ryley, Malcolm and Park, Robert F. Stem rust of wheat in colonial Australia and the development of the plant pathology profession 2024 Historical records of Australian science 35 2 83-97 Journal Article: A prickly business - Edward Shelton, Henry Tryon and the mysterious pineapple disease Ryley, Malcolm J. and Drenth, Andre A prickly business - Edward Shelton, Henry Tryon and the mysterious pineapple disease 2024 Historical records of Australian science 35 2 130-41 Journal Article: Henry Tryon - the true discoverer of the potato brown rot pathogen, Ralstonia solanacearum Ryley, Malcolm J. Henry Tryon - the true discoverer of the potato brown rot pathogen, <span style="font-style:italic">Ralstonia solanacearum</span> 2024 Historical records of Australian science 35 2 142-50 Journal Article: A matter of where and when - the appearance of Late Blight of potato in Australia Ryley, Malcolm J. and Drenth, Andre A matter of where and when - the appearance of Late Blight of potato in Australia 2024 Historical records of Australian science 35 2 213-22 Journal Article: Entomology in the Service of the State: Queensland Scientists and the Campaign Against Cane Beetles, 1895-1950 Grigg, Peter Entomology in the Service of the State: Queensland Scientists and the Campaign Against Cane Beetles, 1895-1950 2005 Historical Records of Australian Science 16 1 1-29 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 Journal Article: Prickly Pear Land: Transnational Networks in Settler Australia Frawley, Jodi Prickly Pear Land: Transnational Networks in Settler Australia 2007 Australian Historical Studies 38 130 323-38 Book: A Time for a Museum: a History of the Queensland Museum Mather, Patricia A Time for a Museum: a History of the Queensland Museum Brisbane Queensland Museum 1986 Journal Article: A history of the Queensland Philosophical Society and the Royal Society of Queensland from 1859 to 1911 Marks, Elizabeth N. A history of the Queensland Philosophical Society and the Royal Society of Queensland from 1859 to 1911 1960 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 71 17-42 Resource: Australian Plant Collectors and Illustrators Fagg, Murray Australian Plant Collectors and Illustrators Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria (CHAH) 2010 Book: The Origins of CSIRO: Science and the Commonwealth Government, 1901-1926 Currie, George; Graham, John The Origins of CSIRO: Science and the Commonwealth Government, 1901-1926 Melbourne CSIRO 1966 Book: Australian botanist's companion George, Alex S. Australian botanist's companion Kardinya, W.A. Four Gables Press 2009 Henry Tryon - Records Queensland State Archives Henry Tryon - Records 1887 - 1925 Personnel file from the Queensland Public Service Board c1887-1925. Henry Tryon - Records Fryer Library and Department of Special Collections, University of Queensland Henry Tryon - Records D.1915 Try. F228 1915 Manuscript by H. Tryon 'On the life and ancestors of Charles Walter de Vis'; letter G.H. de Vis to Tryon 1915 [D.1915 Try. F228]. Records of Tryon and F.M. Bailey [MSS 2/2527]. Records regarding fruit-storage [2/2530]. Henry Tryon - Records Queensland Department of Primary Industry, Indooroopilly Henry Tryon - Records 1893 - 1925 Correspondence, notes and reports concerning entomological and plant pathological problems of Queensland, 1893-1925 [Records are held by both the Entomology and Plant Pathology Sections of the Queensland Department of Primary Industry]. 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