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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2025-05-14 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001947b.htm person Veitch Robert AACR2 15 August 1890 22 September 1972 Place of Birth Edinburgh, Scotland Place of Death Clayfield, Queensland, Australia Entomologist Robert Veitch was an instigator and inaugural Director of the Division of Plant Industry (research) in the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock. He was also President of the Entomological Society of Queensland (1932), President of the Royal Society of Queensland (1935-1936) and founding Vice-President (1935), and president (1936), of the Queensland branch of the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science. 1911 1911 Education - Bachelor of Agricultural Science (BAgSc), University of Edinburgh 1912 1912 Education - Bachelor of Science in Forestry (BScFor), University of Edinburgh 1913 1914 Life event - Worked at the British Museum's Imperial Institute of Entomology 1914 1925? Life event - Worked in field studies as an Entomologist for the Colonial Sugar Refining Co Ltd. in Suva, Fiji 1914 1960 Career position - Fellow, Royal Entomological Society of London 1917 Career position - Fellow, Linnean Society of New South Wales 1925 1936? Career position - Chief Entomologist at the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock 1932 1932 Life event - New species of 'moss bug', Hemiodoecus veitchi (Hackeriella veitchi) named after him 1932 1932 Career position - President, Entomological Society of Queensland 1935 1935 Career position - Founding Vice-President of the Queensland branch of the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science 1935 1936 Career position - President, Royal Society of Queensland 1936 1936 Career position - President, Australian Institute of Agricultural Science, Queensland branch 1936 1956 Career position - Director of the Division of Plant Industries (Research) at the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock 1956 1956 Life event - Retired 1958 1960 Career position - Consultant in the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock (part-time) Australian Institute of Agricultural Science (1935 - 1996)

President, Queensland Branch 1936

 Royal Society of Queensland (1884 - )

President 1935 - 1936

 Entomological Society of Queensland (1923 - )

President 1935

 Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock, State of Queensland (1904 - 1963)

Chief Entomologist 1925 - ?1936; Director, Division of Plant Industries (Research) 1936 - 1956

 Linnean Society of New South Wales (1874 - )

Fellow 1917 -

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 Veitch, Robert (1890-1972)

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 'Veitch, Robert', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Veitch, Robert 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: Veitch, Robert (1890-1972), entomologist Gill, J.C.H.; Lloyd, Peter L. Veitch, Robert (1890-1972), entomologist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2002 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 16: 1940 - 1980 Pik-Z John Ritchie and Diane Langmore 446-447 Journal Article: Obituary: Robert Veitch, 1890-1972 Obituary: Robert Veitch, 1890-1972 1973 Journal of the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science 39 1 66 Journal Article: History of Entomology in Queensland Veitch, R. History of Entomology in Queensland 1962 Journal of the Entomological Society of Australia (Queensland Branch) 1 5-15 Book: Pests and diseases of Queensland fruits and vegetables Veitch, Robert; and Simmonds, J. H. Pests and diseases of Queensland fruits and vegetables Brisbane Division of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Department of Agriculture and Stock 1929