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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn updated 2026-02-02 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001253b.htm person Goddard Ernest James AACR2 10 March 1883 17 January 1948 Place of Birth Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Heron Island, Queensland, Australia Biologist Zoologist University Administrator Ernest Goddard was a zoologist who conducted well-regarded research on leeches (Hirudinae) and earthworms (Oligochaetae). For four years he was Professor of Zoology, Geological and Mineralogy at Victoria College, South Africa, where he instigated a zoological survey of the country and established the South African Marine Biological and Oceanographic Station. Goddard returned to Australia in 1922 to become Professor of Biology at the University of Queensland. He played a central role in the foundation of the Faculties of Dentistry and Medicine, and was Dean of the Faculties of Agriculture and Dentistry. His involvement in wider agricultural issues included the eradication of Prickly Pear, the banana disease Bunchy top, and a secondment to the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock. Goddard was an early member of the Entomological Society of Queensland and served as President of the Royal Society of Queensland. 1904 1904 Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA), University of Sydney 1906 1906 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc(hons)), University of Sydney 1906 1908 Career position - Junior Demonstrator, University of Sydney 1908 1910 Award - Linnean Macleay Research Fellow (Zoology), University of Sydney 1910 1910 Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Sydney 1918 1922 Career position - Professor of Zoology, Geological and Mineralogy, Victoria College (later University of Stellenbosch), Cape Province, South Africa 1922 1947 Career position - Professor of Biology, University of Queensland 1923 1928 Career event - Elected Associate Member (Zoology), Australian National Research Council 1924 1924 Career position - President, Queensland Naturalists' Club 1926 1941 Career position - Member, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research 1927 Career position - Dean, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Queensland 1927 1927 Career position - President, Royal Society of Queensland 1928 1928 Career event - Elected Member (Zoology), Australian National Research Council 1935 Career position - Dean, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Queensland 1936 1939 Career position - Seconded to Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock as science co-ordinating officer 1937 1937 Career event - Fellow, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS) 1939 1939 Career position - President, Section D (Zoology), Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science Queensland Naturalists' Club (1922 - )

President 1924

 CSIR Council, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (1926 - 1949)

Member of Council 1926 - 1941

 Royal Society of Queensland (1884 - )

President 1927

 The University of Queensland (1910 - )

Professor of Biology 1922 - 1947; Dean, Faculty of Agriculture 1927 - ; Dean, Faculty of Dentistry 1935 -

 Linnean Macleay Fellowship (1905 - )

Awarded the Fellowship (Zoology) 1908 - 1910

 Australian National Research Council (ANRC) (1919 - 1955)

Associate Member (Zoology) 1923 - 1928; Member (Zoology) 1928 -

 Conference convened by the Prime Minister, S.M. Bruce, to consider the reorganisation of the Commonwealth Institute of Science and Industry, 30 May and 1 June 1925

Representative of Queensland

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

President, Section D (Zoology) 1939; Fellow 1937 -

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 Goddard, Ernest James (1883-1948)

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 'Goddard, Ernest James', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Goddard, Ernest James Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: The Origins of CSIRO: Science and the Commonwealth Government, 1901-1926 Currie, George; Graham, John The Origins of CSIRO: Science and the Commonwealth Government, 1901-1926 Melbourne CSIRO 1966 Book Section: Goddard, Ernest James (1883-1948), professor of biology Clarke, E. Goddard, Ernest James (1883-1948), professor of biology Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1983 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 9: 1891 - 1939 Gil-Las Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 36-37 Journal Article: Presidential address: The role of zoology in the field of modern biology [Section D - Zoology] Goddard, E. J. Presidential address: The role of zoology in the field of modern biology [Section D - Zoology] Sydney ANZAAS 1939 Report of the twenty-fourth meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science, Canberra meeting, January, 1939 Margaret Walkom 101-111 Journal Article: The untold story of banana bunchy top disease Geering, Andrew D. W. The untold story of banana bunchy top disease 2024 Historical records of Australian science 35 2 170-89 Journal Article: The life and work of Ernest James Goddard: the inaugural Ernest James Goddard Oration Lumb, Sydney F. The life and work of Ernest James Goddard: the inaugural Ernest James Goddard Oration 1954 Queensland dental journal 6 6 282-91 Book: Vivant Professores: Distinguished Members of the University of Queensland, 1910-1940 Gregory, Helen Vivant Professores: Distinguished Members of the University of Queensland, 1910-1940 St Lucia University of Queensland Library 1987 Book: The Linnean Society of New South Wales (founded 1874) for "the cultivation and study of the science of natural history in all its branches": historical notes of its first fifty years (jubilee publication) Walkom, A. B. The Linnean Society of New South Wales (founded 1874) for "the cultivation and study of the science of natural history in all its branches": historical notes of its first fifty years (jubilee publication) Sydney Australasian Medical Publishing Company 1925