P001895 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

All key entry types: Awards; Concepts; Corporate Bodies (Organisations); Cultural Artefacts; People; etc

These key entries are listed separately below with other indexes and lists.

 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2026-05-14 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001895b.htm person Gurney William Butler AACR2 2 May 1882 21 September 1939 Place of Birth Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Entomologist William Gurney was a well travelled entomologist. He worked for the New South Wales (NSW) Department of Agriculture for over thirty years, being the Government entomologist from 1923. This post saw him make research tours and collection expeditions to the United States of America, England, Europe, India and Africa. He wrote many scientific articles, especially in the Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales and his insect collections were sent to NSW, Queensland and Victoria. 1900 1923 Career position - Assistant, Department of Agriculture, New South Wales 1923 c. 1939 Career position - Government Entomologist, Department of Agriculture, New South Wales 1925 1925 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Sydney 1927 1927 Career event - Elected Associate Member (Zoology), Australian National Research Council 1928 1928 Career position - NSW delegate to the 4th International Congress of Entomology at Cornell University 1928 1929 Career position - Research tours of the USA, England, France and Italy 1933 1933 Career position - Research and collection expedition to India and East Africa Woodhill, Anthony Reeve (1900 - 1965) New South Wales Department of Agriculture, State of New South Wales (1908 - 2004)

Government Entomologist 1921 - c1939

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

Associate Member (Zoology) 1927 -

Wikidata

 Gurney, William Butler (18820502-19390921)

Trove

 'Gurney, William Butler', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Gurney, William Butler 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 Journal Article: Obituary: Mr. W. B. Gurney Obituary: Mr. W. B. Gurney 1939 Australian Journal of Science 2 2 50 Journal Article: Reports of the external parasites in Sheep Committee of the Departmental Research Council, no. 2: range and longevity of sheep blow-flies Gurney, W. B. and Woodhill, A. R. Reports of the external parasites in Sheep Committee of the Departmental Research Council, no. 2: range and longevity of sheep blow-flies 1926 Agricultural gazette of New South Wales 37 49-64