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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn updated 2023-10-10 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001907b.htm person Lucas Thomas Pennington AACR2 13 April 1843 15 November 1917 Place of Birth Dunbar, Scotland Place of Death New Farm, Queensland, Australia Entomologist Physician Thomas Lucas practiced medicine in Melbourne and Brisbane while also pursuing his interest in entomology, particularly Lepidoptera. He assembled a large collection of butterflies, mostly from Queensland, much of which is now in the South Australian Museum. Included in this collection were many specimens acquired from Roland Illidge. Lucas's attempt to become Chief Entomologist at the Queensland Museum foundered on professional disagreements with local entomologists. As a physician Lucas was considered somewhat eccentric. He argued against surgery and germ theory, and was not shy of making his views known. Convinced of the efficacy of pawpaw extract for treating a range of medical conditions, he manufactured a pawpaw ointment that is still being produced by his descendants. Lucas's publications include entomological papers, medical books and tracts, and dystopian novels. 1861 1917 Career position - Member, Linnean Society of London 1870 1870 Education - Licentiate of the Society of Apothecaries, London 1870 1870 Education - Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh 1871 1871 Education - Member, Royal College of Surgeons of England 1871 1878 Career position - Practiced medicine in Herefordshire and London 1877 1877 Life event - Migrated to Melbourne, Victoria 1877 1885 Career position - Medical practitioner, Melbourne, Victoria 1880 1880 Career position - Founding Member, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria 1881 1917? Career position - Member of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1886 1911 Career position - In private practice in Brisbane and South Brisbane, Queensland 1887 1917? Career position - Member, Royal Society of Queensland 1893 1893 Career position - President, Natural History Society of Queensland 1911 1911 Career event - Opened his private Vera Papaw Hospital in New Farm, Brisbane 1914 1914 Career position - Sacred Songs and Nature Pieces book of poetry published in Brisbane (Edwards, Dunlop & Co.) Natural History Society of Queensland (1892 - 1896)

President 1893

 The Field Naturalists Club of Victoria Inc (1880 - )

Founding Member 1880

 Lucas, Arthur Henry Shakespeare (1853 - 1936)

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 Lucas, Thomas P (18430413-19171115)

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 'Lucas, Thomas Pennington', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Lucas, Thomas Pennington 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: Sacred Songs and Nature Pieces Lucas, Thomas Pennington Sacred Songs and Nature Pieces Brisbane Edwards, Dunlop & Co. 1914 Book Section: Dr T. P. Lucas and the Paw Paw - "the most wonderful tree in the world" Thearle, M. John Dr T. P. Lucas and the Paw Paw - "the most wonderful tree in the world" Hobart University of Tasmania and the Australian Society of the History of Medicine 1994 "Outpost medicine": Australasian studies on the history of medicine: Third National Conference of the Australian Society of the History of Medicine, Hobart, February 1993 Atkins, Susanne, Kirkby, Kenneth, Thomson, Philip and Pearn, John 45-63 Journal Article: Dr Thomas Pennington Lucas: Queensland scientist, author, doctor, dreamer and inventor Metcalf, William J. Dr Thomas Pennington Lucas: Queensland scientist, author, doctor, dreamer and inventor 2006 Journal of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland 19 5 788-804 Book Section: The history of Australian butterfly research and collecting Moulds, M. S. The history of Australian butterfly research and collecting Melbourne CSIRO Publications 1999 The biology of Australian butterflies Kitching, R. L., Scheermeyer, E., Jones, R. E. and Pierce, N. E. 1-24