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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2023-11-21 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-10-21 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007311b.htm person Gerrits G. J. M. AACR2 Gerrits, Fred 13 August 1933 8 March 2022 Place of Birth Bandung, Indonesia Place of Death Australia Entomologist Medical practitioner Fred Gerrits, after qualifying in medicine, accepted posts in Dutch New Guinea and Papua New Guinea, working in remote provinces. After over 20 years in P.N.G. he went to Kenya and later Nepal. A keen naturalist, he spent much time in these countries studying and collecting butterflies. Between 2005 and 2015 he and his wife Nel donated to the Australian National Insect Collection his collections of Delias (Pieridae) specimens from the Indonesian and New Guinean region. The collection comprised 5,300 specimens representing 650 taxa, including holotypes and many paratypes, and is considered one of the most complete collections of Delias. His collection of Nepalese butterflies was donated to the Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden Museum in The Netherlands. Gerrits was also a keen collector of indigenous art. His collection of material from the Trobriand Island, P.N.G., including photographs, film and sound recordings, is now housed in the Queensland Museum. 1982 1982 Life event - Settled in Australia Australian National Insect Collection, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1962 - )

Donated his collection of Delias butterflies 2005 - 2015

 Queensland Museum

The Museum hold his collection of indigenous artefacts from the Trobriand Islands, P.N.G.

 'Gerrits, G. J. M. (Fred)', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Gerrits, G. J. M. (Fred) Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: New results on Delias from the central mountain range of Irian Jaya (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) Gerrits, F. and Van Mastrigt, H. New results on <span style="font-style:italic">Delias</span> from the central mountain range of Irian Jaya (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) 1992 Treubia 30 381-402 Thesis: All things Trobriand: a portrait of Dr G. J. M. (Fred) Gerrits' Trobriand Island collections, 1968 to 1972 Wisse, Désirée All things Trobriand: a portrait of Dr G. J. M. (Fred) Gerrits' Trobriand Island collections, 1968 to 1972 University of East Anglia 2018 Journal Article: Fred Gerrits 13 August 1933 - 8 March 2022 Gerrits, Robert Fred Gerrits 13 August 1933 - 8 March 2022 2022 Moths and Butterflies Australasia newsletter 2 25-6 Journal Article: News from the Lepidoptera collection [donations from Fred and Nel Gerrits, and John Kerr] Edwards, Ted and Turco, Federica News from the Lepidoptera collection [donations from Fred and Nel Gerrits, and John Kerr] 2016 ANICdotes 8 5