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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2001-05-25 human Ailie Smith and Helen Cohn updated 2025-10-29 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P003408b.htm person Davies Valerie Ethel AACR2 Todd, Valeria Ethel 29 September 1920 29 November 2012 Place of Birth Wanganui, New Zealand Place of Death Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Museum curator Zoologist Arachnologist Valerie Davies was appointed Curator of Arachnids at the Queensland Museum in 1972. She built up the collection by organising and attending numerous expeditions and systematically sorted and identified each specimen herself. Her research interest lay in tiny litter species in minor families. Davies has authored over forty publications including Australian spiders (Araneae): collection, preservation and identification (1986). She described over 150 new species, 17 genera and the family Malkaridae, and the spider genus Toddiana and 15 species were named in her honour. 1939 1939 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), Otago University in New Zealand 1942 1942 Education - Master of Science with Honours (MSc (Hons)), Otago University, New Zealand 1943 1944 Career position - Research Assistant in the Department of Pharmacology, University of Otago, New Zealand 1944 1945 Career position - Assistant Lecturer in Zoology, University of Otago in New Zealand 1948 1948 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Somerville College, Oxford, UK 1962 1963 Career position - Nuffield Research Fellow in the Department of Zoology, University of Otago, New Zealand 1964 1972 Career position - Tutor in the Department of Zoology (part-time), University of Queensland 1972 1974 Career position - Curator of Arachnids at the Queensland Museum 1974 1978 Career position - Research Curator at the Queensland Museum 1976 1985 Career position - Honorary Consultant for the Department of Entomology, University of Queensland 1978 1981 Career position - Deputy-Chair, Queensland Rhodes Scholarship Selection Committee 1978 1985 Career position - Senior Curator at the Queensland Museum 1984 1984 Career position - Participant in Expedition Wanderlust to Hinchinbrook Island 1985 1985 Life event - Retired 1985 2002 Career position - Honorary Associate, Queensland Museum 1988 1988 Award - Queensland Museum Medal 1989 1992 Career position - Vice-President of the Centre Internationale Documentaire Arachnologique 1992 1992 Career position - Secretary, XII International Congress of Arachnology, Brisbane 1993 1993 Life event - Settled in Australia 2010 2010 Award - Lifetime Achievement Award, International Society of Arachnology Queensland Museum

Curator of Arachnids (later Senior Curator) 1972 - 1985

 Queensland Museum Medal (1987 - )

Awarded the Medal 1988

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 Davies, Valerie Todd (1920-)

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 'Davies, Valerie Ethel', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Davies, Valerie Ethel Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Edited Book: Brilliant Careers: Women Collectors and Illustrators in Queensland McKay, Judith Brilliant Careers: Women Collectors and Illustrators in Queensland Brisbane Queensland Museum 1997 Newspaper Article: Leading light in world of arachnids: Valerie Davies Davies, Rosemary Leading light in world of arachnids: Valerie Davies 2013 Sydney Morning Herald Journal Article: Obituary: Valerie Ethel (Todd) Davies (1920 - 2012) Davies, Rosemary and Monteith, Geoff Obituary: Valerie Ethel (Todd) Davies (1920 - 2012) 2013 Australasian arachnology 85 8-13 Resource: Archive of past Queensland entomologists Entomological Society of Queensland Archive of past Queensland entomologists Entomological Society of Queensland 2019