John S. Clark

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birth_date = 21 March 1885
birth_place = Glasgow
death_date = 1 June 1956
death_place = Mooroolbark
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citizenship = Australian
nationality = Scottish
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field = Entomology
work_institutions = Western Australia department of agriculture
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known_for = ants
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John S. Clark (21 March 1885 – 1 June 1956) was a Scottish entomologist well known for his study of ants in Western Australia from 1920 until 1956.

Born in Glasgow, Clark first arrived in Australia some time in the late 1910s. On 1 October 1920, he started work with the Western Australia department of agriculture, where he picked up his passion for entomology.

In 1926 he became a full-time entomologist at the National Museum in Melbourne. He spent the rest of his life exploring Australia, during which time he discovered several new species of ant. Ants and other 'economic' insects were his specialty, and he continued working and studying until his death aged 71.

References

* Anthony Musgrave (1932). "Bibliography of Australian Entomology, 1775-1930, with biographical notes on authors and collectors," Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales (Sydney) : viii + 380.