Anthony Musgrave (9 July 18954 June 1959) was an Australian

entomologist Entomology (from Ancient Greek ἔντομον (''éntomon''), meaning "insect", and -logy from λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study") is the branch of zoology that focuses on insects. Those who study entomology are known as entomologists. In ...

. Born in Queensland, Australia, he is known for penning ''Bibliography of Australian Entomology'' (1932). He was the great-nephew of

Anthony Musgrave Sir Anthony Musgrave (31 August 1828 – 9 October 1888) was a Secretary of State for the Colonies, colonial administrator and governor. He died in office as Governor of Queensland in 1888. Early life He was born at St John's, Antigua, the t ...

who was

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Early life

Anthony Musgrave was born 9 July 1895 in Cooktown, Queensland, Australia. His father was Anthony Musgrave, a civil servant, and his mother was Elizabeth Anne (

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Colles). He studied at the Hayfield Preparatory School in

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and the Sydney Church of England Grammar School.

Career

As an entomologist, Musgrave is known for his 1932 work, ''Bibliography of Australian Entomology''. He worked at the

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, initially as a librarian for a year, before climbing up the ranks to become Assistant Entomologist, and eventually the museum's entomologist, a title later changed to "Curator of Insects and Arachnids". He displayed much knowledge on insects and arachnids; his area of expertise were

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and venomous

spider Spiders (order (biology), order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight limbs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude spider silk, silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and ran ...

s. Musgrave was compiler of all of the '' Australian Science Abstracts animal-related articles for around twenty years, until in 1957 when the publication folded. He was also a contributor to the ''

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'' (editions 1 and 2).

Personal life and death

Musgrave was described as an "excellent lecturer and photographer". He led a luxurious and peaceful life and was an avid golfer. In his later years, little was heard about him; Musgrave did not like publicity. He died at the Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney on 4 June 1959. The cause of death was listed as heart disease.

Early life

Career

Personal life and death

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