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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn updated 2026-01-23 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000894b.htm person Whitelegge Thomas AACR2 7 August 1850 4 August 1927 Place of Birth Stockport, Cheshire, England Place of Death Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Marine zoologist Bryologist Zoological collector Thomas Whitelegge arrived in Sydney in 1883 and after several years working as a plasterer and in a brewery found temporary employment at the Australian Museum. In 1887 he became Senior Scientific Assistant in charge of lower invertebrates. Whitelegge published extensively on marine invertebrates (Crustaceae, Echinodermata, sponges, corals, jellyfish, Annelida) and particularly those of New South Wales and of the 1896 Royal Society expedition to Funafuti, and on the Crustaceae and sponges from the Thetis expedition. He resigned from the Museum in 1908. Whitelegge was also an authority on Australian mosses which he collected widely in New South Wales and, with Robert Etheridge, on Norfolk Island. With William Watts he published the first substantial catalog of Australian frondose mosses. Several hundreds of his bryophyte collections are in the National Herbariums of New South Wales and Victoria. 1883 1883 Life event - Migrated to New South Wales 1883 1887 Career position - Cataloger of marine invertebrates, Australian Museum 1887 1908 Career position - Senior Scientific Assistant in charge of lower invertebrates, Australian Museum 1888 1888 Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1889 1889 Award - Royal Society of New South Wales Medal 1890 1896 Career position - Member of Council, Linnean Society of New South Wales 1896 1927 Award - Fellow, Royal Microscopical Society, London Etheridge, Robert (Junior) (1847 - 1920) Watts, William Walter (1856 - 1920) Royal Society of New South Wales Medal (1884 - )

Awarded the Medal 1889

 Australian Museum (1827 - )

Senior scientific assistant (lower invertebrates) 1887 - 1908

 Linnean Society of New South Wales (1874 - )

Member of Council 1890 - 1896

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

Original [founding] member 1888 -

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 'Whitelegge, Thomas', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Whitelegge, Thomas Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Whitelegge, Thomas (1850-1927), naturalist Lowry, Jim; Baker, Gwen Whitelegge, Thomas (1850-1927), naturalist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1990 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 12: 1891 - 1939 Smy-Z John Ritchie 474 Journal Article: Thomas Whitelegge, 1850-1927 McNeil, F. A. Thomas Whitelegge, 1850-1927 1929 Records of the Australian Museum xvii 265-277 Book: Report on sponges from the coastal beaches of New South Wales Whitelegge, T. Report on sponges from the coastal beaches of New South Wales Sydney [s.n.] 1902 Journal Article: Census muscorum australienisum: a classified catalogue of the frondose mosses of Australia and Tasmania, collated from available publications and herbarium records [part II] Watts, W. W.; and Whitelegge, T. Census muscorum australienisum: a classified catalogue of the frondose mosses of Australia and Tasmania, collated from available publications and herbarium records [part II] 1906 Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 30 supp. to pt 4 91-163 Journal Article: Census muscorum australiensium: a classified catalogue of the frondose mosses of Australia and Tasmania, collated from available publications and herbarium records [part I] Watts, W. W.; and Whitelegge, T. Census muscorum australiensium: a classified catalogue of the frondose mosses of Australia and Tasmania, collated from available publications and herbarium records [part I] 1902 Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 27 supp. to pt 3 1-90 Journal Article: List of the marine and freshwater invertebrate fauna of Port Jackson and the neighbourhood Whitelegge, T. List of the marine and freshwater invertebrate fauna of Port Jackson and the neighbourhood 1889 Journal and proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 23 2 163-323 Book Section: Sydney's Molluscs: from Gentlemen to Malacologists Beechey, D. L. Sydney's Molluscs: from Gentlemen to Malacologists Mosman, N.S.W. Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 2010 The Natural History of Sydney Lunney, Daniel, Hutchings, Pat A. and Hochuli, Dieter 107-24 Book: Australian botanist's companion George, Alex S. Australian botanist's companion Kardinya, W.A. Four Gables Press 2009 Thomas Whitelegge - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Thomas Whitelegge - Records Uncatalogued MSS set 439 1884 - 1911 Miscellaneous letters and papers 1884-1911 including correspondence with F. Mueller 1884 [1 box, uncatalogued MSS set 439]. 1 box 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