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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Rosanne Walker & Neville Walsh updated 2025-07-01 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000979b.htm person Bancroft Thomas Lane AACR2 2 January 1860 12 November 1933 Place of Birth Lenton, Nottinghamshire, England Place of Death Wallaville, Queensland, Australia Physician Naturalist Taxonomist Thomas Bancroft, son of Joseph Bancroft and father of Josephine Mackerras, was a well-known doctor and naturalist and included in his work studies on parasitology and the Queensland lung-fish. His most important discoveries were related to mosquitoes and mosquito-borne diseases, especially dengue fever - he identified the mosquito that carried the disease (Aeses aegypti mosquito). As a botanical collector, he contributed to the naming and classification of eucalypts.

Born Lenton, Nottinghamshire, England, 2 January 1860. Died Wallaville, Queensland, 12 November 1933. Educated University of Edinburgh (MB, ChM 1883). Manchester Infirmary 1884; Geraldton (Innisfail) Hospital, Queensland 1885-86; pharmacological studies on plants 1886-94; Christchurch Hospital, New Zealand 1898; general practice with his father, Brisbane 1889-94; research on mosquitoes at Deception Bay 1894-1904; quarantine officer for the port of Brisbane 1904; temporary appointments with the State Health department 1905-06 to investigate dengue fever, beriberi and suspected cases of plague; government medical officer, Stannary Hills, near Cairns 1908-09; government medical officer, Eidsvold 1910-29; medical officer, Palm Island 1930-32. Collected plants for the Queensland Herbarium and animals for the Queensland Museum 1884-1932; many species were named after him.

1904 1930 Career position - Medical officer at Eidsvold, Queensland 1917 1917 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus bancroftii (Maiden) Maiden was named in his honour 1930 1932 Career position - Medical officer, Palm Islands 1934 1934 Taxonomy event - Collected the type Eucalyptus seeana var. constricta Blakely Bancroft, Joseph (1836 - 1894)

Thomas was Joseph's son

 Mackerras, Mabel Josephine (Josephine) (1896 - 1971)

Thomas was Josephine's father

 Bancroft-Mackerras Medal for Excellence, Australian Society for Parasitology (1982 - )

The Australian Society for Parasitology has awarded the Bancroft-Mackerras Medal since 1982

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 'Bancroft, Thomas Lane', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Bancroft, Thomas Lane Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Preliminary Notes on the Pharmacology of Carissa ovata, var. stolonifera, Bail. Bancroft, T.L. Preliminary Notes on the Pharmacology of Carissa ovata, var. stolonifera, Bail. Sydney Acting Government Printer 1894 Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 28 44-47 Book Section: Bancroft, Thomas Lane (1860-1933), medical naturalist Marks, E. N. Bancroft, Thomas Lane (1860-1933), medical naturalist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1979 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 7: 1891 - 1939 A-Ch Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 164-165 Edited Book: The Bancroft Tradition Pearn, John and Powell, Laurie The Bancroft Tradition Brisbane Amphion Press 1991 Journal Article: The Bancrofts: a century of scientific endeavour [includes lists of publications] Mackerras, I. M.; and Marks, Elizabeth N. The Bancrofts: a century of scientific endeavour [includes lists of publications] 1973 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 84 1 1-34 Journal Article: On the Discovery of Saponin in Acacia delibrata Bancroft, T.L. On the Discovery of Saponin in Acacia delibrata Brisbane Published for the Society by Warwick & Sapsford 1887 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 4 10-11 Journal Article: On the Physiological Action of Daphnandra repandula Bancroft, T.L. On the Physiological Action of Daphnandra repandula Brisbane Published for the Society by Warwick & Sapsford 1887 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 4 13-16 Journal Article: Preliminary Notes on Some New Poisonous Plants Discovered on the Johnstone River, North Queensland Bancroft, T.L. Preliminary Notes on Some New Poisonous Plants Discovered on the Johnstone River, North Queensland Sydney Acting Government Printer 1886 Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 20 69-71 Journal Article: On the Poisonous Property of Nicotiana suaveolens Bancroft, T.L. On the Poisonous Property of Nicotiana suaveolens Brisbane Published for the Society by Warwick & Sapsford 1887 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 4 9-10 Journal Article: Preliminary Notes on the Pharmacology of Some Poisonous Plants. Bancroft, T.L. Preliminary Notes on the Pharmacology of Some Poisonous Plants. Sydney Linnean Society of New South Wales 1890 Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1061-64 Journal Article: On the Materia Medica and Pharmacology of Queensland Plants. Bancroft, T.L. On the Materia Medica and Pharmacology of Queensland Plants. 1889 Transactions of the 2nd Intercolonial Medical Congress of Australasia 927-931 Journal Article: Distillation of Native Essential Oils from a Commercial Aspect Bancroft, Thomas L. Distillation of Native Essential Oils from a Commercial Aspect Brisbane Published for the Society by Warwick & Sapsford 1889 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 7 6-7 Journal Article: Preliminary Notes on Some New Poisonous Plants Bancroft, Thomas L. Preliminary Notes on Some New Poisonous Plants Brisbane Published for the Society by Warwick & Sapsford 1890-1891 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 8 35-36 Journal Article: On the Physiological Action of Cryptocarya australis Bancroft, T.L. On the Physiological Action of Cryptocarya australis Brisbane Published for the Society by Warwick & Sapsford 1887 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 4 12-13 Journal Article: Thomas Lane Bancroft Anon Thomas Lane Bancroft 1934 Medical Journal of Australia 1934 1 512-4 Journal Article: The Bancroft tradition in infectious desease research in Queensland, part 1 Doherty, Ralph L. The Bancroft tradition in infectious desease research in Queensland, part 1 1978 Medical Journal of Australia 1978, v.2 2 December 560-3 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 Book: Botanists of the Eucalypts: short biographies of people who have named eucalypts, whose names have been given to species or who have collected type material Hall, Norman Botanists of the Eucalypts: short biographies of people who have named eucalypts, whose names have been given to species or who have collected type material Melbourne CSIRO 1978

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 Thomas Lane Bancroft - Records John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland Thomas Lane Bancroft - Records OM84-10 1884 Certificates including a copy of a birth certificate, and certificates awarded to him in his medical capacity, and material relating to his appointment as the Queensland delegate to the International Medical Conference which was to be held in Sydney in September 1884 to discuss the question of Quarantine Establishments. 1 folder 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