John Douglas Tothill DSc, CMG[1] (February 1888 - 1969 Anstruther), was an English-born entomologist, agriculturalist and civil servant, whose career took him to Canada, Fiji, Uganda and the Sudan. He was the son of Walter Tothill and Frances L. Williams.
In 1923 he was transferred to the Forest Insect Division in Ottawa, and in 1924 was sent to Fiji by the Imperial Bureau of Entomology to study the problematic levuana moth. The moth was finally brought under control by the release of the tachinid flyBessa remota from Malaysia. In Fiji he soon became the country's director of agriculture, later holding similar posts in Uganda and Sudan. Although he spent only about 12 years in Canada, he is regarded as having established biological pest control in Canada and for placing forestry on a sound scientific footing.[3][4]
The Coconut Moth in Fiji: A History of Its Control by Means of Parasites - Ronald Wood Paine, Thomas Hugh Colebrook Taylor and John Douglas Tothill (1930)
Report of the Soil Conservation Committee - John Douglas Tothill (1944)
Agriculture in the Sudan: Being a Handbook of Agriculture As Practised in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan - John Douglas Tothill (1948)
A Report on Nineteen Surveys done in Small Agricultural Areas in Uganda - John Douglas Tothill (1938)
Agriculture in Uganda - John Douglas Tothill (1940)
Agriculture in the Sudan: Being a Handbook of Agriculture As Practised in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan - John Douglas Tothill (1948)
The Natural Control of the Fall Webworm (Hyphantria cunea Drury) in Canada - John Douglas Tothill (1922)
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john, douglas, tothill, february, 1888, 1969, anstruther, english, born, entomologist, agriculturalist, civil, servant, whose, career, took, canada, fiji, uganda, sudan, walter, tothill, frances, williams, educated, blundell, school, first, federal, forestry, . John Douglas Tothill DSc CMG 1 February 1888 1969 Anstruther was an English born entomologist agriculturalist and civil servant whose career took him to Canada Fiji Uganda and the Sudan He was the son of Walter Tothill and Frances L Williams He was educated at Blundell s School John Douglas Tothill was the first federal forestry official appointed in New Brunswick He studied at the Ontario Agricultural College specialising in entomology and botany and in 1922 received a doctorate from Harvard University 2 He was employed for a short period by the US Bureau of Entomology Gypsy Moth Parasite laboratory Tothill later joined the Entomology Branch of the Department of Agriculture and established a laboratory on the University of New Brunswick campus in Fredericton Over the next decade he led research on invasive insects such as the brown tail moth Euproctis chrysorrhoea the gypsy moth Lymantria dispar and native insects such as the forest tent caterpillar Malacosoma disstria the fall webworm Hyphantria cunea and the spruce budworm Choristoneura fumiferana In 1923 he was transferred to the Forest Insect Division in Ottawa and in 1924 was sent to Fiji by the Imperial Bureau of Entomology to study the problematic levuana moth The moth was finally brought under control by the release of the tachinid fly Bessa remota from Malaysia In Fiji he soon became the country s director of agriculture later holding similar posts in Uganda and Sudan Although he spent only about 12 years in Canada he is regarded as having established biological pest control in Canada and for placing forestry on a sound scientific footing 3 4 Contents 1 Publications 2 Family 3 External links 4 ReferencesPublications EditThe Coconut Moth in Fiji A History of Its Control by Means of Parasites Ronald Wood Paine Thomas Hugh Colebrook Taylor and John Douglas Tothill 1930 Report of the Soil Conservation Committee John Douglas Tothill 1944 Agriculture in the Sudan Being a Handbook of Agriculture As Practised in the Anglo Egyptian Sudan John Douglas Tothill 1948 A Report on Nineteen Surveys done in Small Agricultural Areas in Uganda John Douglas Tothill 1938 Agriculture in Uganda John Douglas Tothill 1940 Agriculture in the Sudan Being a Handbook of Agriculture As Practised in the Anglo Egyptian Sudan John Douglas Tothill 1948 The Natural Control of the Fall Webworm Hyphantria cuneaDrury in Canada John Douglas Tothill 1922 5 Memoirs of Life in the Sudan unpublished manuscript of A Naturalist in the Asir Mountains of Arabia written 1952 1953 6 Family EditTothill married Ruby Hughes On retirement they settled in Anstruther Fife in Scotland Their children were Jessie Elizabeth Tothill born 1917 Victoria British Columbia married William Julius Eggeling 1909 1994 John Thomas Tothill born 1921 Fredericton Canada Allan Hughes Tothill born 1922 Fredericton Canada married May Davidson 7 External links EditA Critical Analysis of the Extinction ofLevuana iridescensin Fiji by Bessa remota Mark Hoddle General Information About Tachinid Flies James E O HaraReferences Edit Reference at www london gazette co uk PDF Reference at pds lib harvard edu permanent dead link Reference at cif ifc org PDF permanent dead link Howard F W Giblin Davis R Moore D Abad R 2001 Insects on Palms ISBN 9780851997056 Amazon co uk Amazon UK University Library Durham University Archived from the original on 18 March 2011 Retrieved 6 August 2013 Sandra Tothill Winter User Trees Genealogy com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John Douglas Tothill amp oldid 1121909099, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
