Thomas Gibson Sloane

Thomas Gibson Sloane (20 April 185820 October 1932) was an Australian sheep grazier and entomologist, considered to be one of the pioneers in Australia's entomology field.

Early life Sloane was born 20 April 1858 in St Kilda, Melbourne, Colony of Victoria, of merchant and sheep expert Alexander Sloane His expertise were the ground and tiger beetles. He later became a global authority on ground beetles. They had six children – four were daughters and two were sons. in Young, New South Wales. Following his death, his widow donated his extensive beetle collection, now known as the Thomas Sloane Collection, to the Division of Economic Entomology of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, in accordance of Sloane's wishes.