Obituaries Australia

• Gyorgy Ferenc Bornemissza

11 February, 1924
Baja, Bács-Kiskun, Hungary

10 April, 2014 (aged 90)
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

• Hungarian

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• Waterhouse, Douglas Frew (work colleague)

• Anna Salen (1951) (passenger)

• refugee (1951-1951) Western Australia, Australia
• zoologist (1951-1954) Western Australia, Australia
• entomologist (1954-1983) Federal, Australia
• insect collector (1983-2014) Tasmania, Australia

• Britannica Australia Award (recipient, 1973)
• Rolex Award for Enterprise (recipient, 1981)
• Medal of the Order of Australia (recipient, 2001)
• Conservationist of the Year (Australian Geographic) (recipient, 2008)

• Hoploghonus bornemisszae (Bornemissza’s stag beetle) (eponym)

• Alexander von Humboldt Society (fellow)

• University of Western Australia (zoology) (employee, 1951-1954)
• CSIRO (entomology) (scientist, 1954-1983)