Person Tillyard; Robin John (1881 - 1937); entomologist and geologist Tillyard Robin John entomologist and geologist Robert 1881 - 1937 Australian Male Norwich, Norfolk, England 31 January 1881 18810131 Goulburn District Hospital, Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia 13/01/1937 19370113 Burial: Anglican Church of St John the Baptist, Canberra, Australia

New Zealand (1920-1928)

entomologist and geologist Insect taxonomy Geology Entomology Education: Dover College, Kent, and Queen's College, Cambridge; BA (1903), MA (1907), ScD (Camb); DSc (Sydney) (1914) Career: Taught mathematics and science at Sydney Grammar School (1904-13); Biologist to the Cawthron Institute of Scientific Research, Nelson, New Zealand; Mathematical and Science Master, Sydney Grammar School, 1904-1913; Government Research Scholar in Zoology, University of Sydney, 1913-1914; Linnean Macleay Fellow in Zoology, University of Sydney, (1915-1917), (1918-1920); Lecturer and Senior Demonstrator in Zoology, University of Sydney (1917-1918); Vice President of the National Laboratory of Psychical Research (1926); chief Commonwealth entomologist under the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1928-1934); retired (1934); killed in a car accident which took place near Goulburn, on the road between Canberra and Sydney. Memberships: FRSNZ (1924); Hon RSNZ (1935) Awards/Medals: Crisp Prize and Medal of the Linnean Society 1917 Clarke Medal 1931 Muller Medal 1935 Parents: John Joseph Tillyard, solicitor, and Mary Ann Frances, née Wilson. Spouse: Pattie Craske (23 June 1909). Made important contributions to insect palaentology. Established insect taxonomy within the division. Published authoritatively on Odonata, Plecoptera, Neuroptera; fossil insects; the wing venation of insects; and the phylogeny of insects. Interested in psychical research and worked with Harry Price at the National Laboratory of Psychical Research. He was involved in a controversy in the Nature journal, in which he wrote an article in support of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's book 'The History of Spiritualism'. He received heavy criticism from Alan Archibald Campbell Swinton (FRS 1915) who identified fraud in mediumship and Conan Doyle's unscientific treatment of the subject. Fellow 07/05/1925 44 David Sharp Arthur Dendy Robert Cyril Layton Perkins Ernest William MacBride William Blaxland Benham George Henry Falkiner Nuttall Leonard Cockayne Edward B Poulton William Abbott Herdman Robert Newstead Arthur Everett Shipley Sources: Bulloch's Roll; K. R. Norris and D. F. Waterhouse, 2006, 'Robin John Tillyard (1881–1937)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, [URL: https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/tillyard-robin-john-8817; last accessed: 30/10/2024]. Obituaries: Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1936-1938 vol 2 pp 339-345, plate, by A D Imms References: Robin J H Clark and Michael J Kelly, 'New Zealand, New Zealanders and the Royal Society' in NR 1994 vol 48 pp 263-281 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbm.1938.0016 RCN 50550 RCN 50548 RCN 50551 RCN 50549 RCN 14047 31 Jan 1881 - 13 Jan 1937 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 30/10/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA7952 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 17/03/2026 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes 590445c1-c4a3-4306-bc0c-fb5671fa64f5