Oswald Bertram Lower (1863 in
Adelaide
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,
South Australia
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– 18 March 1925 in
Wayville
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The suburb is bordered to the north by Adelaide's South Parklands, to the west by Ade ...
, South Australia)
was an
Australian
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chemist and pharmacist who is best known for his contributions to
entomology, in particular
butterflies and
moths. His collection is now at the
South Australian Museum
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.
References
External links
*Image of Lower i
''Biology of Australian Butterflies''page 15.
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Australian entomologists
1863 births
1925 deaths
Scientists from Adelaide
Australian chemists