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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn updated 2026-05-07 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000869b.htm person Waterhouse Gustavus Athol AACR2 Waterhouse, Athol 21 May 1877 29 July 1950 Place of Birth Waverley, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Pymble, New South Wales, Australia Entomologist Athol Waterhouse was an entomologist whose profession was assayer at the Sydney Mint but whose primary interest was butterflies which he started collecting as a young boy. He was noted as being a meticulous taxonomist. In 1919 he became Honorary Entomologist at the Australian Museum, later being a Trustee for over 20 years and President. His pioneering books were The butterflies of Australia (1914), written with George Lyell, and What butterfly is that? A guide to the butterflies of Australia (1932) illustrated by Neville W. Cayley. Waterhouse was an active member and office bearer of local scientific societies including the Royal Zoological, Linnean and Royal Societies of New South Wales. He was instrumental in the establishment of Science House in Sydney as the permanent home of Sydney's scientific societies. When President of the Australian Museum he presented it with his collection and entomological library. In retirement he devoted much time to identifying butterfly specimens stolen from Australian Museum and other repositories so that they might be returned. 1899 1899 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Sydney 1900 1900 Education - Bachelor of Engineering (Mining), University of Sydney 1900 1926 Career position - Assistant Assayer, Royal Mint, Sydney 1906 1907 Career position - President, Field Naturalists’ Society of New South Wales 1912 1943 Career position - Member of Council, Linnean Society of New South Wales 1914 1915 Career position - President, Field Naturalists’ Society of New South Wales 1916 1916 Military service - Applied to enlist, rejected unfit on medical grounds 1919 1950 Career position - Honorary Entomologist, Australian Museum 1921 1923 Career position - President, Linnean Society of New South Wales 1921 1950 Career position - Foundation Councillor (Zoology), Australian National Research Council 1923 1925 Career position - Secretary, Royal Society of New South Wales 1924 1924 Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Sydney 1924 1925 Career position - President, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1926 1928 Career position - Treasurer, Linnean Society of New South Wales 1926 1947 Career position - Trustee, Australian Museum 1928 1929 Career position - Curator and Executive Officer, CSIR Division of Economic Entomology 1930 1930 Career position - President, Australian Museum 1930 1943 Career position - Treasurer, Linnean Society of New South Wales 1931 1931 Award - Elected Fellow, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1934 1946 Career position - Treasurer, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science 1937 Career event - Fellow, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS) 1937 1937 Career position - President, Section D (Zoology), Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science 1943 1943 Award - Elected Life Member, Royal Entomological Society Franzen, Ludvig (1879 - 1945) Australian National Research Council (ANRC) (1919 - 1955)

Foundation Member (Zoology) 1921 - 1950

 CSIR/O Division of Economic Entomology, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (1928 - 1949)

Curator and Executive Officer 1928 - 1929

 Linnean Society of New South Wales (1874 - )

President 1921 - 1923

 Waterhouse, Douglas Frew (1916 - 2000)

Athol was the uncle of Douglas Waterhouse

 Waterhouse, Eben Gowrie (Gowrie) (1881 - 1977)

Athol was Gowrie's brother

 Australian Museum (1827 - )

Honorary Entomologist 1919 - ; Trustee 1926 - 1947; President 1930

 Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales (1879 - )

Elected Fellow 1931

 Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS) (1930 - )

President, Section D (Zoology) 1937; Fellow 1937 -

 Australian science abstracts (1922 - 1957)

Editor 1930 - 1935

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VIAF - Virtual International Authority File

 Waterhouse, G A (1877-1950)

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 'Waterhouse, Gustavus Athol (Athol)', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Waterhouse, Gustavus Athol (Athol) Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Report: The work of the Division of Economic Entomology for the year 1928-29 Tillyard, R.J. The work of the Division of Economic Entomology for the year 1928-29 Melbourne Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (Australia) 1929 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: Obituary: Gustavus Athol Waterhouse Musgrave, A. Obituary: Gustavus Athol Waterhouse 1950 Australian Journal of Science 13 3 75-76 Book Section: Waterhouse, Gustavus Athol (1877-1950), entomologist Evans, J. W. Waterhouse, Gustavus Athol (1877-1950), entomologist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1990 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 12: 1891 - 1939 Smy-Z John Ritchie 390-391 Journal Article: Presidential Address: The biology and taxonomy of the Australasian butterflies [Section D - Zoology] Waterhouse, G. A. Presidential Address: The biology and taxonomy of the Australasian butterflies [Section D - Zoology] ANZAAS 1937 Report of the twenty-third meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science, Auckland meeting, January, 1937 F. J. A. Brogan 101-133 Journal Article: Notes on the type specimens of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera) in the museums in Australia, with special reference to those in the South Australian Museum Waterhouse, G. A. Notes on the type specimens of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera) in the museums in Australia, with special reference to those in the South Australian Museum 1933 Records of the South Australian Museum 5 49-62 Resource: MT1486/1 Applications to enlist in the Australian Imperial Force CA 2001, Australian Imperial Force, Base Records Office MT1486/1 Applications to enlist in the Australian Imperial Force National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch Journal Article: Gustavus Athol Waterhouse, 1877-1950 (Memorial series, no. 14) A. B. W. and A. J. Nicholson [ie Arthur B. Walkom and Alexander J. Nicholson] Gustavus Athol Waterhouse, 1877-1950 (Memorial series, no. 14) 1953 Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 78 5/6 269-275 Book: The first one hundred years of the Royal Zoological Society of N.S.W. 1879 - 1979 Prince, J. H. The first one hundred years of the Royal Zoological Society of N.S.W. 1879 - 1979 Sydney Royal Zoolgical Society of New South Wales 1979 Journal Article: Conrad Kelsall: 'Butterflying' on the Little Mulgrave River, north Queensland, in 1903 Lambkin, Kevin J. Conrad Kelsall: 'Butterflying' on the Little Mulgrave River, north Queensland, in 1903 2013 Archives of Natural History 40 111-8 Eleventh Monthly Conference of Senior Officers. October 1st and 2nd, 1929 - Minute of Meeting CSIRO Archives, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Eleventh Monthly Conference of Senior Officers. October 1st and 2nd, 1929 - Minute of Meeting Copy (pdf) held by the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation 2 October 1929 Minutes of the Eleventh Monthly Conference of Senior Officers [male staff] of the CSIR Division of Economic Entomology detailing four points why women should not be appointed to scientific positions. Attenders: R.J. Tillyard, G.F. Hill, I.M Mackerras, G.A. Waterhouse, G.A. Currie, A.L. Tonnoir. Possibly submitted to the CSIR Executive Committee. 1 page Print and pdf Gustavus Athol Waterhouse - Records Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Corporate Records and Archives Strategies Gustavus Athol Waterhouse - Records 1928 - 1929 Staff file and executive correspondence c1928-29. Gustavus Athol Waterhouse - Records Australian Museum Gustavus Athol Waterhouse - Records Series 41 1914 - 1924 Pencil drawings on board of larvae by Phyllis Clarke and Joyce Allan 1914-22 (boxes 1-2); photographs and prints of butterflies and caterpillars, ink drawings on cardboard of butterfly wings and heads and printed reductions of the drawings with captions 1924 (box 3) [38 cm, Series 41]. Waterhouse was an honorary entomologist at the Australian Museum from 1919 and Trustee 1926-47. 0.38 m Artwork, Photographs