ELIZABETH NESTA MARKS - HER OTHER LIFE AS SOCIETY ACTIVIST, CONSERVATIONIST, HISTORIAN AND BIOGRAPHER

摘要

Details are provided on the role of Elizabeth Nesta Marks as Society leader and activist, as conservationist, and as historian/biographer. The distinguished Australian entomologist, Elizabeth Nesta ('Pat') Marks (1918-2002) is best known for her longcareer as a mosquito taxonomist and resident Australian expert on all things mosquito (Marks and Cummins 2004, Anon. 1986). She was a woman of imposing presence and strong personality, with a sense of obligation to her science and to the community in a broader context. She became involved in many issues and it is fair to say that some of these consumed her time at the expense of her mosquito work, often to her own frustration. But Australian science benefited greatly from those competing interests. Thepurpose of this paper is to highlight some of these 'extra-curricular' passions of Pat Marks.