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Veitch, Robert (1890 - 1972)

Entomologist

Born: 15 August 1890 Edinburgh, Scotland. Died: 22 September 1972 Clayfield, Queensland, Australia.

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.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1911 Bachelor of Agricultural Science (BAgSc) completed at the University of Edinburgh
1912 Bachelor of Science in Forestry (BScFor) completed at the University of Edinburgh
1913 - 1914 Worked at the British Museum’s Imperial Institute of Entomology
1914 - 1925? Worked in field studies as an Entomologist for the Colonial Sugar Refining Co Ltd. in Suva, Fiji
1914 - 1960 Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society of London
1917 - ? Fellow of the Linnean Society of New South Wales
1925 - 1936? Chief Entomologist at the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock
1932 New species of 'moss bug', Hemiodoecus veitchi (Hackeriella veitchi) named after him
1932 President of the Entomological Society of Queensland
1935 Founding Vice-President of the Queensland branch of the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science
1935 - 1936 President of the Royal Society of Queensland
1936 President of the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science, Queensland branch
1936 - 1956 Director of the Division of Plant Industries (Research) at the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock
1956 Retired
1958 - 1960 Consultant in the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock (part-time)

Structure based on ISAAR(CPF) - click here for an explanation of the fields.

Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 8 August 2006

Published by The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre on ASAPWeb, 1994 - 2007
Originally published 1994-1999 by Australian Science Archives Project, 1999-2006 by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
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