Herbert Andrewartha

Professor Herbert George Andrewartha, BS (UWA), MAgSc (Melb), DSc (Adel), FAA, (1907-1992) was a distinguished Australian research scientist in the fields of entomology, biology, zoology and animal ecology.^[1]^[2]

1 Biography
2 Significant work
3 Honours and awards
4 Publications
5 Legacy
6 References

Biography

Early years

Andrewartha was born on 21 December 1907 in Perth, Western Australia to George and Elsie, the second of three children. His father was a teacher, and the family moved frequently from school to school in rural Western Australia.

Career

-?- Entomologist in the Department of Agriculture of Western Australia
1933 Biologist, CSIR, Melbourne and worked the School of Agriculture and Forestry at the University of Melbourne
1935-1954 Entomologist at the Waite Agricultural Research Institute
1952 President of the Royal Society of South Australia (RSSA)
1954 'The Distribution and Abundance of Animals published
|1954-1962 Reader^[3] in Animal Ecology, University of Adelaide
1961 Introduction to the Study of Animal Populations published
1961 Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1962-1972 Professor of Zoology, University of Adelaide (Emeritus Professor 1973)^[4]}}</ref>

Retirement and death

He retired in 1972. In 1975 he suffered a serious stroke, but continued writing his last book with Birch. He died on 27 January 1992 at the age of 84. He married Hattie Vevers Steele in Melbourne in 1934. His wife predeceased him: he was survived by his son Graeme and daughter Susan Dutch.

Significant work

The ecology of Thrips imaginis
The ecology of Austroicetes cruciata
Diapause
The Queensland fruitfly Dacus tryoni
General theory of the distribution and abundance of animals

Honours and awards

1962 Verco Medal of the Royal Society of South Australia
1987 Gold Medal of the Australian Ecological Society
1988 Eminent Ecologist Award of the Ecological Society of America for 1988 to Andrewartha and Birch
-?- Clarke Medal of the Royal Society of New South Wales
-?- David Syme Prize of the University of Melbourne (with Charles Birch)

Publications

1954: The Distribution and Abundance of Animals. Chicago: University of Chicago Press (with Charles Birch)
1961: Introduction to the Study of Animal Populations. Chicago: University of Chicago Press; London: Methuen & Co ISBN 0416640303
1971: --do.--2nd ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press; London: Methuen & Co ISBN 0226020290
1984: The Ecological Web. Chicago: University of Chicago Press ISBN 0226020339 (with Charles Birch)

Legacy

The HG Andrewartha Medal of the Royal Society of South Australia,^[5] awarded to recognize outstanding research by an early career young Australian scientist.

References

^ L. C. Birch and T. O. Browning Herbert George Andrewartha 1907-1992, Biographical Memoirs, Historical Records of Australian Science, vol.9, no.3, 1993. pp.259-268
^ Andrewartha, Herbert George (1907 - 1992), Encyclopedia of Australian Science, www.eoas.info
^ In 21st century Australian Universities, the position of "Reader" is generally called "Associate Professor"
^ Former Officers of the University of Adelaide, www.adelaide.edu.au
^ The HG Andrewartha Medal, Royal Society of South Australia

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