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BY the death of Herbert James Carter on April 16, Australia has lost one who had taken a prominent part in both educational and scientific affairs. He was born at Marlborough, Wilts., on April 23, 1858, the son of James Carter, and was educated at Aldenham School and the University of Cambridge, where he was a scholar of Jesus College. He was a mathematics master at Sydney Grammar School during 1881-1901 and was principal of Ascham Girls School from then until 1914. He was president of the Linnean Society of New South Wales during 1925-26, and a member of its Council from 1920 until 1939; also a fellow of the Royal Entomological Society of London. For many years he was honorary entomologist to the Australian Museum. He was science editor of the “Encyclopaedia of Australia” published in 1926, and author of “Gulliver in the Bush” in which he related many of his experiences in pursuit of his scientific work.
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Mr. H. J. Carter. Nature 145, 962 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/145962a0
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