Walter W. Froggatt

Walter Wilson Froggatt (13 June 1858 – 18 March 1937) was an Australian economic entomologist.

During his final years, Froggatt was the only solid public opponent of the ultimately disastrous introduction of the poisonous cane toad into Queensland to control beetle pests in sugar cane – a view which cost him many supporters in Australia's Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), among fellow economic entomologists (e.g., the HSPA's Cyril Pemberton), and even in the newspapers of the day.

Legacy and Memoria

The Froggatt Prize for Science at the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney (the school which Froggatt's daughters attended) is named in his honour.

The Froggatt Awards are named in his honor, and are awarded by the Invasive Species Council of Australia.

The insect genus Froggattisca is named after him, as is the plant species Pseuduvaria froggattii.