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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Annette Alafaci updated 2025-07-15 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001942b.htm person Thompson Edward Henry AACR2 16 May 1851 6 January 1928 Place of Birth Newcastle upon Tyne, England Place of Death Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Entomologist Minister of religion Edward Thompson migrated to Australia in 1870 and worked as a reader in the Anglican dioceses of Melbourne and Ballarat. In 1878 he was ordained and appointed rector of Tasmania's Huon district, establishing his home in Franklin. After twenty years in this post he moved to Hobart and became rector of St John's Baptist Church. Throughout his life, Reverend Thompson had a fascination with biology and nature. While in Franklin, he spent much of his free time pursuing his horticultural and entomological interests. Thompson soon developed an expertise in the pests and funguses attacking the local orchards and in 1891 was appointed entomologist and scientific adviser to the Tasmanian Council/Department of Agriculture. In this role he researched insecticides and fungicides and their delivery methods, and helped restore the local orchard industry. Thompson was also a member of the American Association of Economic Entomology and author of two handbooks. 1870 1870 Life event - Migrated to Australia (Melbourne) 1870 1875 Career position - Stipendiary licensed reader in the Anglican dioceses of Melbourne and Ballarat 1875 1875 Career position - Appointed Deacon and moved to Tasmania 1875 1876 Career position - Locum at the Anglican mission in Levuka, Fiji 1876 1878 Career position - Curate of D'Entrecasteaux in Port Cygnet in Tasmania 1878 1878 Career position - Ordained a priest 1878 1908 Career position - Rector of the Huon district of Tasmania with residency in Franklin 1891 1896 Career position - Entomologist and scientific adviser to the Council of Agriculture in Tasmania 1892 1892 Career position - A Handbook to the Insect Pests on Farm and Orchard published 1895 1895 Career position - Insect and Fungus Pests of the Field, Farm and Garden published 1896 1899 Career position - Unpaid advisor to the Department of Agriculture 1908 1924 Career position - Rector of St John's Baptist Church in Hobart 1924 1924 Career position - Retired from the priesthood 1927 1927 Life event - Moved to Sydney

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 'Thompson, Edward Henry', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Thompson, Edward Henry 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 Section: Thompson, Edward Henry (1851-1928), entomologist and Anglican clergyman McQuillan, Peter B.; Semmens, Trevor D. Thompson, Edward Henry (1851-1928), entomologist and Anglican clergyman Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1990 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 12: 1891 - 1939 Smy-Z John Ritchie 209