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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn updated 2024-08-27 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001871b.htm person Burns Alexander Noble AACR2 20 June 1899 1994 Place of Birth Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Currumbin, Queensland, Australia Entomologist Museum curator Insect collector Alex Burns was an entomologist who was one of the few resident collectors in Australia to make significant collections in the middle of the 20th century. He had a large personal collection, mostly butterflies, dating from the 1920s. His early career was in Queensland with the Commonwealth Prickly Pear Board and the Queensland Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations. In 1944 Burns was appointed Entomologist on a temporary basis (permanent from 1946) at the National Museum of Victoria, his first task being the rehabilitation of the collections. He was Assistant Director of the Museum from 1959 to 1964. Burns was noted as an excellent field collector, his specimens coming from all over Australia but principally from Victoria and Queensland. The Museum now holds his collection. The taxonomy of butterflies and cicadas was his main research interest. He was a prolific writer for scientific and naturalists' journals, and published 'Butterflies of Australia and New Guinea (1951) with Charles Barrett and Australian butterflies in colour (1969). 1916 1956 Career position - Member, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria 1922 1925 Career position - Entomologist, Commonwealth Prickly Pear Board 1925 1930 Career position - Entomologist, Queensland Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations 1932 1932 Career position - President, Entomological Society of Victoria 1936 1936 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne 1936 1941 Career position - Employed at the British Museum (Natural History) and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 1937 1937 Career position - Presidnet, President, Entomological Society of Victoria 1940 1941 Career position - President, Entomological Society of Victoria 1941 1944 Career position - Served with Australian Army Intelligence Corps 1944 1959 Career position - Entomologist, National Museum of Victoria 1950 1950 Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Melbourne 1956 1994 Award - Honorary Member, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria 1959 1964 Career position - Assistant Director, National Museum of Victoria Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations, Colony and State of Queensland (1900 - 2003)

Entomologist 1925 - 1930

 National Museum of Victoria (1858 - 1983)

Entomologist 1944 - 1959; Assistant Director 1959 - 1964; Burns's collections were deposited in the Museum

 The Field Naturalists Club of Victoria Inc (1880 - )

Honorary Member 1956 - 1994

 Entomological Society of Victoria (1927 - )

President 1932, 1937 and 1940 - 1941

Wikidata

 Burns, Alexander (1899-)

Trove

 'Burns, Alexander Noble', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Burns, Alexander Noble Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: Bibliography of Australian entomology, 1775-1930: with biographical notes on authors and collectors Musgrave, A. Bibliography of Australian entomology, 1775-1930: with biographical notes on authors and collectors Sydney Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1932 Book: Butterflies of Australia and New Guinea Barrett, Charles; and Burns, A. N. Butterflies of Australia and New Guinea Melbourne N. H. Seward 1951 Book: Australian butterflies in colour Burns, Alexander Australian butterflies in colour Sydney Reed 1969 Journal Article: George Lyell, 1866-1951 Garnet, J. G.; and Burns, A. N. George Lyell, 1866-1951 1951 The Victorian naturalist 68 53-4 Journal Article: Alexander Noble Burns 1899 - 1994 Houghton, Sheila Alexander Noble Burns 1899 - 1994 1994 The Victorian naturalist 111 6 247 Journal Article: Retirement of Mr A. N. Burns Pescott, R. T. M. Retirement of Mr A. N. Burns 1964 The Victorian naturalist 81 167-8