Archive of past Queensland Entomologists
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Thomas Harvey JOHNSON (1881-1951)
Born Sydney. Started career as a teacher, then studied biology at University of Sydney leading to a D.Sc. in 1910. After working in the Bureau of Microbiology in Sydney, 1909-11, became foundation Lecturer-in-charge of the Department of Biology, University of Queensland, in 1911. Later became first Professor of Biology, 1919-21. Appointed Chairman of the Queensland Prickly Pear Travelling Commission and (with Henry Tryon) travelled overseas in 1912-14 in search of biocontrol organisms against prickly pear. Successfully introduced mealybug, Dacylopius ceylonicus, which controlled Opuntia monacantha. Also introduced Cactoblastis cactorum which did not survive. Appointed Controller of the Commonwealth Prickly Pear Laboratories, 1920-22, and founded the Sherwood laboratory. Other Queensland work included (with colleagues and students, G.H.H. Hardy, M.J.Bancroft and O.W.Tiegs) studies of cattle tick, blowflies, muscids, onchocercaisis and fish epidemics. Later became Professor of Zoology at University of Adelaide and worked mostly in parasitology. Won many awards and honours and produced 299 publications.
Biography: Sandars, D. 1954. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland. 64:57-68.