Froggatt, John Lewis |
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(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors) (Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 8: Cyclopaedia of collectors, Supplement II) |
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Born: 1891, Sydney, Australia. |
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Was educated at Sydney University (B.Sc. 1913); temporary officer under Dept of Agriculture, N.S.W., 1913-18; appointed Entomologist, Queensland Dept of Agriculture and Stock, Brisbane, in October 1920, resigning August 1929, to take up a position as entomologist to the Mandated Territory, New Guinea at Rabaul (New Britain, Bism. Arch.), and subsequently Director of Agriculture. Visited the Botanic Garden at Buitenzorg in 1928. |
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Herb. Kew [K]: New Guinea plants (pres. 1932 by the Dept of Agr.) and in Kew Mus.: New Guinea timbers (pres. 1936); some in Herb. Brisbane [BRI]. He probably only collected plants of direct interest to him. |
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In Bibliogr. Austr. Entom. 1775-1930, 1932. |