Born June 13th 1858 in Melbourne, Victoria. educated at Corporate High School, bendigo, Victoria. In 1885 appointed assistant zoologist and entomologist to the Royal Geographical Society's New Guinea expedition. Appointed Government Entomologist to the Agriculture Department of NSW in 1896 and retired in 1923 but was appointed Forest Entomologist to the Forestry Commission of NSW and remained there for 4 more years.