Oswald Bertram Lower (1864–1925)
A South Australian pioneer in the discovery of Australia’s biodiversity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21555501 |
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| Authors | Peter B McQuillan (0000-0001-6334-372X, ASchool of Geography & Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tas. 7001, Australia., corresponding author), Ted Edwards (B56 Lachlan Street, Macquarie, ACT 2614, Australia.), Jenny Camilleri (CBroken Hill Family History Group Inc., Broken Hill, NSW 2880, Australia.) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-15 |
| Publication date | 2024-01-30 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Historical Records of Australian Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0727-3061 • E-ISSN: 1448-5508 |
| Publisher | CSIRO Publishing (PUBLISHER • AU) |
| DOI | 10.1071/hr22015 |
| OpenAlex | W4387006575 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 13 |
An Adelaide-born pharmacist, Oswald B. Lower, is a neglected figure in the pantheon of early Australian amateur entomologists. Specialising in Lepidoptera, he worked mainly around Adelaide and Broken Hill where he discovered hundreds of new species, especially in the semi-arid zone of southern Australia. Lower named almost 1000 valid new species between 1892 and 1923 based upon his own material and specimens sourced from contacts in other parts of Australia. His legacy of 40 000 specimens, assembled between the 1880s and early 1920s, forms the nucleus of the outstanding Lepidoptera collection at the South Australian Museum. Many are sourced from locations now lost or degraded and the collection will be an invaluable tool in the emerging challenge of habitat restoration in Australia
Amateur · Archaeology · Arid · Art history · Biodiversity · Biology · Ethnology · Genealogy · Geography · Habitat · Historical record · Memoir · Northern territory · Obituary · History · History of Science and Natural History · Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy · Species Distribution and Climate Change · Ecology
| Highly cited | No |
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