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Life Summary

Name	Herbert George Andrewartha
Born	21 December, 1907 Mount Lawley, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Died	27 January, 1992 (aged 84) Glen Osmond, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Cause of Death	unknown
Education *	Perth Modern School (student, 1920-1925) University of Western Australia (student, 1925-1929) University of Melbourne (student, 1931-1931)
Occupation or Descriptor *	entomologist (1931-1935) Western Australia, Australia public servant (1931-1935) Western Australia, Australia entomologist (1935-1984) South Australia, Australia academic (1954-1972) South Australia, Australia ecologist (1954-1984) South Australia, Australia
Awards	David Syme Research Prize (University of Melbourne) (recipient, 1954) Sir Joseph Verco Medal (Royal Society of South Australia) (recipient, 1962) Clarke Medal (Royal Society of New South Wales) (recipient, 1968) Gold Medal (Australian Ecological Society) (recipient, 1987)
Legacies *	H. G. Andrewartha medal (Royal Society of South Australia) (eponym)
Key Organisations *	Australian Academy of Science (fellow) Australian Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology (member) National Parks and Wildlife Advisory Council of South Australia (chair) Nature Conservation Society of South Australia (president) Australian Institute of Agricultural Science (SA) (president, 1946) Royal Society of South Australia (president, 1952)
Workplaces *	Dept of Agriculture (WA) (scientist, 1931-1932) CSIRO (scientist, 1932-1935) Waite Agricultural Research Institute (SA) (scientist, 1935-1954) University of Adelaide (zoology) (academic, 1954-1972)

* Dates are approximate