George Bornemissza

Who was George Bornemissza?

George Francis Bornemissza was a Hungarian-born entomologist and ecologist. He studied science at the University of Budapest before obtaining his PhD in zoology at the University of Innsbruck in Austria in 1950. At the end of that year he emigrated to Australia. There he first worked in the Department of Zoology at the University of Western Australia for 3 years, before pursuing a career with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation. Bornemissza is most noted for his work on the Australian Dung Beetle Project while working with CSIRO’s Division of Entomology. In 2001 he was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for his services to Australian entomology. Bornemissza has written several papers published in notable journals and books and has contributed an extensive collection of mounted beetle specimens to the Australian public.