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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2025-01-30 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-07-31 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007588b.htm person Illingworth James Franklin AACR2 1870 1949 Place of Birth Illinois, U.S.A. Place of Death Hawaii, U.S.A. Entomologist James Illingworth was Chief Entomologist at the Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations in Queensland near Cairns from 1917 to 1921. Before that he had considerable experience in crop pest research and management in the mainland United States and Hawaii, and was Professor of Entomology at the College of Hawaii. At the Bureau he worked closely with entomologists Alan Dodd and Edmund Jarvis. Illingworth led the research into pests of sugar cane and, building on the work of earlier researchers, investigated potential natural controls, including birds. His aim was reduce the cost and labour of pest control. A keen bird observer, he was the first to identify systematically bird species preying on pests of sugar cane in Australia. He also pioneered mapping of grub damage in relation to swarms of beetles on their food trees. On his return to Honolulu Illingworth worked in museum entomology research and on problems associated with the local sugar and pineapple industries. He deposited more than 20,000 Australian insect specimens in the Bishop Museum, 6,000 collected by himself, the remainder with assistance from Australian entomologists. 1901 1901 Education - MA (zoology), Stanford University, Stanford, California, U.S.A. 1912 1912 Education - PhD, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, U.S.A. 1912 1917 Career position - Professor of Entomology, College (later University) of Hawaii 1913 1913 Career event - Commissioned to investigate cane pest control in Fiji 1917 1921 Career position - Chief Entomologist, Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations 1921 1921 Life event - Returned to Hawaii Jarvis, Edmund (1869 - 1935) Dodd, Alan Parkhurst (1896 - 1981) Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations, Colony and State of Queensland (1900 - 2003)

Chief Entomologist 1917 -1921

 'Illingworth, James Franklin', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Illingworth, James Franklin Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: Australian sugar-cane beetles and their allies Illingworth, J. F. and Dodd, Alan P. Australian sugar-cane beetles and their allies Brisbane Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations. Division of Entomology 1921 Book: Natural enemies of sugar-cane beetles in Queensland Illingworth, J. F. Natural enemies of sugar-cane beetles in Queensland Brisbane Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations, Division of Entomology 1921 Journal Article: Entomology in the Service of the State: Queensland Scientists and the Campaign Against Cane Beetles, 1895-1950 Grigg, Peter Entomology in the Service of the State: Queensland Scientists and the Campaign Against Cane Beetles, 1895-1950 2005 Historical Records of Australian Science 16 1 1-29 Journal Article: James Franklin Illingworth, 1870-1949 Bryan, E. H. James Franklin Illingworth, 1870-1949 1950 Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 14 21 Journal Article: James Franklin Illingworth in far north Queensland: "useful birds" and an overlooked record of insectivory in the Australasian figbird, Sphecotheres vieilloti Scambler, Elinor, C. James Franklin Illingworth in far north Queensland: "useful birds" and an overlooked record of insectivory in the Australasian figbird, <span style="font-style:italic">Sphecotheres vieilloti</span> . 2022 North Queensland naturalist 52 4-18