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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes updated 2026-02-19 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001011b.htm person Davidson James AACR2 27 July 1885 13 August 1945 Place of Birth Brimstage, Cheshire, England Place of Death Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Ecologist Entomologist James Davidson took up a departmental headship at the Waite Agricultural Research Institute, Adelaide in 1928 and was appointed to the Chair of Entomology there in 1937. 1908 1908 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Liverpool 1911 1911 Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Liverpool 1915 1915 Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Liverpool c. 1920 1928 Career position - Assitant entomologist, Rothamsted Agricultural Experiment Station, Hertfordshire, England 1928 1928 Life event - Migrated to Adelaide, Australia [ to take up headship at Waite Agricultural Research Institute] 1928 1937 Career position - Entomologist, Waite Agricultural Research Institute 1932 1932 Career event - Elected Member (Zoology), Australian National Research Council 1937 1937 Career event - Fellow, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS) 1937 1945 Career position - Chair of Entomology, Waite Agricultural Research Institute 1938 1938 Career position - President, Royal Society of South Australia Australian National Research Council (ANRC) (1919 - 1955)

Member (Zoology) 1932 -

 Royal Society of South Australia (1880 - )

President 1938

 Waite Agricultural Research Institute, The University of Adelaide (1924 - 1991)

Chair of Entomology 1937 - 1945

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

Fellow 1937 -

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 Davidson, J (1885-1945)

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 'Davidson, James', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Davidson, James 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 Journal Article: Obituary: James Davidson Swan, D. C. Obituary: James Davidson 1945 Australian Journal of Science 8 2-3 70-71 Book Section: Davidson, James (1885-1945), ecologist Browning, T. O. Davidson, James (1885-1945), ecologist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1981 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 8: 1891 - 1939 Cl-Gib Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 226-227 Journal Article: One Hundred Years of Entomology in South Australia Davidson, J. One Hundred Years of Entomology in South Australia 1937 Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 60 xxxv-xl Journal Article: Obituary : James Davidson Andrewartha, H. G. Obituary : James Davidson Royal Society of South Australia 1945 Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 69 313 Journal Article: Herbert George Andrewartha 1907-1992 Birch, L.C.; Browning, T. O. Herbert George Andrewartha 1907-1992 1993 Historical Records of Australian Science 9 3 258-268 Journal Article: James Arthur Prescott 1890-1987 Stephens, C.G.; and Quirk, J.P. James Arthur Prescott 1890-1987 1988 Historical Records of Australian Science 7 3 299-313