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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2017-12-05 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-09-19 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005933b.htm person Dobson Roderick AACR2 1907 1979 Place of Birth England Place of Death Channel Islands, United Kingdom Entomologist Roderick Dobson was an entomologist who was renowned as a natural history photographer and became known as an authority on the birds of the Channel Islands where he resided from 1935. Between 1949 and 1958 Dobson lived in Australia and became interested in Odonata (dragonflies) and other aquatic insects. In 1967 he brought back to Australia his collection of over 2,700 specimens in 220 species or races. This collection is now in the Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO having defrayed Dobson's expenses so that he could assist in the incorporation of the specimens. Australian National Insect Collection, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1962 - )

Donated over 2,700 specimens of Odonata 1967

 'Dobson, Roderick', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Dobson, Roderick Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation