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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Rosanne Walker updated 2026-01-15 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000884b.htm person Wharton Ronald Harry FAA AACR2 14 April 1923 18 September 1983 Place of Birth Arding, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Mullumbimby, New South Wales, Australia Zoologist Entomologist Harry Wharton was an entomologist with CSIRO. He worked on the systematics and biology of mosquitoes and sandflies; on the epidemiology and control of malaria and filariasis with particular emphasis on the role of mosquitoes as vectors; on the biology and control of cattle tick and on the heritability of tick resistance in cattle.

Born Armidale, New South Wales, 14 April 1923. Died Mullumbimby, New South Wales, 18 September 1983. OBE 1982. Educated New England University College, Universities of Sydney (BSc (Hons) 1944, MSc 1958) and Malaya (PhD 1960). Royal Australian Air Force, Malaria Control Units 1944-45; teaching fellow, Department of Zoology, University of Sydney 1946-48; entomologist, Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, Malaya 1948-60, senior entomologist 1960-63; Principal Research Officer in charge of cattle tick research, CSIRO Division of Entomology 1963-65, Senior Principal Research Scientist 1965-68, Chief Research Scientist 1968-77, Assistant Chief 1977-78; Officer-in-charge, Division of Entomology, Long Pocket Laboratories 1968-78; Officer-in-Charge, Centre for Animal Research and Development, Indonesia 1978-81; Division of Tropical Animal Science, CSIRO, Long Pocket Laboratories 1982-83. Chalmers Medal, Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1967; Fellow, Australian Academy of Science 1973; Fellow, Australian Society for Parasitology 1981; Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences 1982. President, Entomological Society of Queensland 1966.

 Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )

Fellow 1973 - 1983

 CSIRO Division of Entomology, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1950 - )

Principal Research Officer in charge of cattle tick research 1963 - 1965; Senior Principal Research Scientist 1965 - 1968: Chief Research Scientist 1968 - 1977; Officer-in-Charge at the Long Pocket Laboratories 1968 - 1978; Assistant Chief 1977 - 1978

 CSIRO Division of Tropical Animal Production, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1980 - 1996) 1982 1983

Division of Tropical Animal Science, Long Pocket Laboratories, CSIRO

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 Wharton, R H (19230414-19830918)

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 'Wharton, Ronald Harry', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Wharton, Ronald Harry Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation 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 Resource: A9300 RAAF Officers Personnel files, 1921-1948 CA 778, Air Services Branch; CA 35, Department of Air, Central Office A9300 RAAF Officers Personnel files, 1921-1948 National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch Resource Section: Ronald Harry Wharton Ward, C. Ronald Harry Wharton Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) 2011 CSIROpedia Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Ronald Harry Wharton Ronald Harry Wharton All rights reserved.

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