Background
HASWELL, William A. was born on August 5, 1854 in Edinburgh, 5 August.
HASWELL, William A. was born on August 5, 1854 in Edinburgh, 5 August.
Studied at Edinburgh Institution and University (Baxter scholar). Curator of Queensland Museum, 1880. Zoological cruise on coasts of tropical Queensland (as guest on His Majesty’s Ship “Alert”), 1881.
Demonstrator of Zoology, Comparative Anatomy, and Histology, Sydney University, 1882.
Acting Curator of Australian Museum, 1882. Master of Arts.
President of Section Doctorate of Australasian Association for Advancement of Science, 1891. President of Linnean Society of North.S. Wales, 1892-1893. Doctorate. Science, Challis Professor of Biology, Sydney University, since 1890.
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Fellow of the Royal Society (1897). Club: Australian.