Frederick Parkhurst Dodd
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Frederick Parkhurst Dodd (born 11 March 1861; died 1937) was an Australia
n entomologist. He was known as the Butterfly man of Kuranda.
Born in Victoria, Dodd worked in a bank in Townsville for ten years before taking up entomology full-time. A number of species are named after him and his collection of insects was of importance. He undertook collecting expeditions in New Guinea
as well as Australia.
The Taeniopterygidae
genus
Doddsia is named for him.
Dodd's son Alan, and daughters Elizabeth and Katharine, continued the entomological tradition.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n entomologist. He was known as the Butterfly man of Kuranda.
Born in Victoria, Dodd worked in a bank in Townsville for ten years before taking up entomology full-time. A number of species are named after him and his collection of insects was of importance. He undertook collecting expeditions in New Guinea
New Guinea
New Guinea is the world's second largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km2. Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, it lies geographically to the east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago...
as well as Australia.
The Taeniopterygidae
Taeniopterygidae
Taeniopterygidae are a family of stone flies with about 80 described extant species. They are commonly called willowflies or winter stoneflies and have a holarctic distribution.Adults are usually smaller than 15 mm.-Species:Sources are , and...
genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
Doddsia is named for him.
Dodd's son Alan, and daughters Elizabeth and Katharine, continued the entomological tradition.
External links
- Dodd, Frederick Parkhurst (1861 - ), biography at the University of MelbourneUniversity of MelbourneThe University of Melbourne is a public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 1853, it is the second oldest university in Australia and the oldest in Victoria...
's Bright Sparcs project. - Queensland Museum The Butterfly Man of Kuranda Exhibitions
Further reading
- Monteith, Geoff, The Butterfly Man of Kuranda, Frederick Parkhurst Dodd. Brisbane: Queensland Museum, 1992.
- Musgrave, A., Bibliography of Australian Entomology, 1775-1930. Sydney: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, 1932.