Rayment, Tarlton

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Agent TypePersonIdentifierUMA-AG-000001735 Last edited by: mbarrie@unimelb.edu.au

Activities & OccupationsAuthorsNaturalistsGenderMale Last edited by: mbarrie@unimelb.edu.au

HistoryTarlton Rayment first studied art, but under the influence of J.H. Fabre, he began to research natural history, becoming an authority on native honey-bees and the nectariferous plants of Australia. In 1935 Rayment published his monograph on "A Cluster of Bees" and during the Second World War researched malnutrition in honey-bees and its incidence on bee diseases. In addition to many scientific publications, Rayment also wrote several successful novels including the "The Valley of the Sky" which was awarded the winner in the All Nations Novel Competition in 1936. Rayment recieved the Australian Natural History Medallion in 1952 and was President of the Field Naturalist Club in 1955.

By the 1950s, Tarlton and his wife Clarice had moved in with benefactor Lynette Young. Rayment kept writing and eventually publised descriptions of more than 1000 species of bees, wasps, thrips and collembola. During this time he was made honorary entomolgist by the National Museum of Victoria. Tarlton died in 1964

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Date1882-1964 Last edited by: mbarrie@unimelb.edu.au

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Source of DescriptionPercy Tarlton Rayment (1882–1964) Last edited by: mbarrie@unimelb.edu.au

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