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Oswald Bertram Lower (1864–1925): a South Australian pioneer in the discovery of Australia’s biodiversity (2023)

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An Adelaide-born pharmacist, Oswald B. Lower, is a neglected figure in the pantheon of early Australian amateur entomologists. Specialising in Lepidoptera, he worked mainly around Adelaide and Broken Hill where he discovered hundreds of new species, especially in the semi-arid zone of southern Australia. Lower named almost 1000 valid new species between 1892 and 1923 based upon his own material and specimens sourced from contacts in other parts of Australia. His legacy of 40 000 specimens, assembled between the 1880s and early 1920s, forms the nucleus of the outstanding Lepidoptera collection at the South Australian Museum. Many are sourced from locations now lost or degraded and the collection will be an invaluable tool in the emerging challenge of habitat restoration in Australia.

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Authors & Contributors
Bennett, Tony
Bovi, Tina
Challis, Debbie
Delft, Dirk van
Dibley, Ben
Flesch, Juliet
Journals
Historical Records of Australian Science
Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society
History and Anthropology
Interdisciplinary Science Reviews
Medicina nei Secoli - Arte e Scienza
Museum History Journal
Publishers
Manchester University Press
Oxford University Press
Arizona State University
Dölling und Galitz Verlag
Concepts
Museums
Collections
Scientists
Collectors and collecting
Anthropology
Citizen science; community science
People
Alexander, Richard D.
Petrie, William Matthew Flinders
Rothera, Arthur Cecil Hamel
Scott, Robert Falcon
Shackleton, Ernest Henry
Tate, Ralph
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20th century, early
19th century
18th century
21st century
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Great Britain
Italy
United States
China
Brazil
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Smithsonian Institution
National Maritime Museum (Great Britain)
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Adelaide University
Tate Gallery
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