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Leslie John William Newman (1878–1938) was an Australian
entomologist Entomology () is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such as arach ...
born at Sandridge (
Port Melbourne Port Melbourne is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Cities of Melbourne and Port Phillip local government areas. Port Melbourne recorded a populatio ...
), Victoria, on 16 February 1878. He became an horticultural inspector for the government of
Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...
. 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 research university located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton encompasses seven teaching and research colleges, in addition to several national academies and ...
, 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