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Leslie John William Newman (1878–1938) 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 at Sandridge (
Port Melbourne Port Melbourne is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south-west of the Melbourne central business district, located within the Cities of City of Melbourne, Melbourne and City of Port Phillip, Port Phillip Local government ...
), Victoria, on 16 February 1878. He became an horticultural inspector for the government of
Western Australia Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Aust ...
. While employed to assess insects of economic concern to introduced food plants, he encouraged staff to capture other species and assembled these into valuable entomological collections.C. F. H. Jenkins,
Newman, Leslie John William (1878–1938)
, ''
Australian Dictionary of Biography The ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'' (ADB or AuDB) is a national co-operative enterprise founded and maintained by the Australian National University (ANU) to produce authoritative biographical articles on eminent people in Australia's ...
'', National Centre of Biography,
Australian National University The Australian National University (ANU) is a public university, public research university and member of the Group of Eight (Australian universities), Group of Eight, located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton, A ...
, published first in hardcopy 1988, accessed online 13 October 2018.


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* Australian entomologists Public servants of Western Australia 1878 births 1938 deaths Australian horticulturists People from Port Melbourne Scientists from Melbourne {{entomologist-stub