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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2023-05-04 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001917b.htm person Morgan William Longworth AACR2 22 April 1904 8 May 1968 Place of Birth Moorlands, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death New South Wales, Australia Entomologist William Morgan completed a Bachelor of Agricultural Science at Sydney University (1927) and then went on to work as an entomologist for the New South Wales Department of Agriculture. He soon became a recognised authority on those insects which attacked local vegetables and crops (e.g. cabbage moth, pumpkin beetle, tomato mite, etc.). By studying the lifecycle of the bean fly, Morgan was able to come up with a nicotine-sulphate white oil solution to effectively treat infestations. During World War II, the Commonwealth Government put Morgan in charge of the contract vegetable production industry to ensure a constant supply during the war years. In 1947 Morgan resigned from his government post and established Ace Farm Supplies Pty. Ltd. in Sydney - a supplier of seeds, equipment, tools and pest control chemicals. In 1995 he set up Root Nodule Pty. Ltd, one of Australia's first commercial producers of legume inoculants. c. 1927 c. 1927 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Sydney 1937 1938 Career position - Bean fly treatment regime discovered 1947 1947 Career position - Resigned from the Department of Agriculture and established Ace Farm Supplies Pty. Ltd. 1955 1955 Career position - Formed the Root Nodule Pty. Ltd. company

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 Morgan, William Longworth (1904-1968)

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 'Morgan, William Longworth', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Morgan, William Longworth 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. William Longworth Morgan, (1904-1968) [including a list of his publications] Obituary. William Longworth Morgan, (1904-1968) [including a list of his publications] 1968 Journal of the Entomological Society of Australia (New South Wales Branch) 5 60-61