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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2024-08-27 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001938b.htm person Spry Frank Palmer AACR2 18 June 1858 8 August 1922 Place of Birth Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Entomologist Stonemason Frank Spry was a stonemason and contractor's foreman, working in sewerage works round Melbourne. For 26 years from 1894 he was Assistant at the National Museum of Victoria. Becoming Entomologist in 1920. With E. Anderson he wrote Victorian butterflies and how to collect them (1893). Spry found many fossils around the Yarra River, including Bather's new crinoid and Gregoriura spyri (brittle-star). 1894 1920 Career position - Museum Assistant, National Museum of Victoria 1920 1922 Career position - Entomologist, National Museum of Victoria National Museum of Victoria (1858 - 1983)

Entomologist 1920 - 1922

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 Spry, Frank Palmer (18580618-19220808)

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 'Spry, Frank Palmer', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Spry, Frank Palmer 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: Victorian butterflies and how to collect them Anderson, Ernest and Spry, Frank Palmer Victorian butterflies and how to collect them Melbourne H. Herne 1893