Stanley Joe Edmonds

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STANLEY JOE EDMONDS
BA, BSc, MSc, PhD, Dip Ed.
Photograph courtesy of the SA Museum
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OBITUARY
STANLEY JOE EDMONDS, BA, BSc, MSc. PhD, Dip Ed
13.ii.1909 - I6.vii.l995.
President of (he Royal Society of South Australia Inc. I96S
Stan Edmunds died quietly in his sleepon 16 July During his last few years at Adelaide High School
1995 aged 86. He is sadly missed hy his many friends Stan became interested in Zoological research and
fromall walks oflife who miss his-acme ofhumour, begana seriesofcollaborativestudies withT Harvey
joie de vivre and scholarship. Johnston, the Foundation Professor of Zoology at
His working lifefell roughly intothreeperiodseach Adelaide University anda noted Parasitologist These
of about iweniy years" duration. He was a SCftooi studies on Australian Acantboeephala (spiny-headed
teacher at Adelaide High School from 1931 to 1952. worms parasitic In the alimentary canals of varWious
he (hen taught and conducted research in the Zoology fish, birdsand mammals) were firstpublished in
Department of the University n\' Adelaide from 1952 and continued for several years after Professor
to 1^74 and finally, as an Honorary Associate at the Johnston's death tn 1951. During this period Stan
South Australian Museum, he continued his research widened his interests to include free living niarnu
from 1972 to 1995 organismsandin 1948 had apaperpublishedon"Un-
common species ot animals and their distribution on
Stanley Joe Edmonds was born in Adelaide (Soudi an intertidal platform at Pennington Bay. Kangaroo
Australia) on |3 February, life?. He attended the Island'*. These mounting interests in Zoology led in
Thebarion Primary School from 1915-1922 and the 1952 tohis resignation fromtheEducationDepartment
Woodville District High School from 1923-1925, totake upanappointmentasa lecturerintheZoology
Obtaining his Intermediate Certificate in 1924 and his Department. Universityol Adelaide underthe newly
Leaving Certificate the following year Jn 1926 he appointed Professor of Zoology, W P. Rogers, an
joined the LandsandSurvey DepartmentoftheSouth authority on the physiology and biochemistry ul
Australian Public Service with the intention of parasitic nematodes.
becoming a surveyor. During this time he Studied
science part tuneasaprivatestudent at the University Itwasat thistime that 1had thepleasureol meeting
Cofhe/mViJseitariydeIdaonidngPhMyastihcesma1tailcsniighdturing the day and SDteapnartamsenIt ahsada DbeemeonnstarpaptooirnteeadrliteorthtahteyeZaor.olOongey
alwaysassociated him with laughteroratleastasmile.
lit 1927 he joined ihc Education Department and His miming ofsewing his fingers together and then
enteredthe Adelaide Teachers College. He graduated threadingthe needle through various parts ofhisami
in 1929 with aBSc majoring in Inorganicand Organic so thai (be whole could be moved mechanically by
Chemistry arid began his leaching career in 1930 pulling on the thread, was always demanded of" him
teaching for six months at Woodville High School. al departmental parties and was always accompanied
In 1931 he began his impressive twenty-year by gasps ofhorror from the faint-hearted and much
association with Adelaide High School, ultimately amusement from the initiated.
becoming a Special Senior Master in Chemistry and Later, in his chapter on Zoology in "Ideas and
Oencral Science and teaching Leaving Honours Endeavours. TheNatural Sciencesin South Australia"
Chemistry from 1945 to 1951. During this time, he Standesejibed whata busy timehisearly years in the
obtainedthreefurtherdegrees- a BAin 1935 in which Zoology Department had been as student numbers
he majored in Latinand English, a First Class Honours were increasing rapidly and Rogers was building the
in /oology in 1945 (aftercompleting Zoology L P and Zoology Department- Needlesstosay. in thischapter.
III in I94L 1943 and 1944 respectively) and an MSc Stan gave himself scarcely any mention.
in 1947
In addition to broadening his taxonomie interests,
However, it was his broad interests and sense of describing new species of Australian marine
humourcombined with his great teaching ability that invertebrates, notablysipunculansandechiurans, Stan
endeared him to his students. He was interested in began to conduct a range of physiological and
sport, particularly tennis and hockey at which he biochemical experiments onthem. These physiologicaJ
excelled, acting, singing and the arts experiments were extended to the parasitic aeantho
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cephalans and to the species Moniliformis duhius in At the timeofDr Stephensdeath, much remained to
particular. This species wk maintained in il»e be dooe and itwas recognized that Stan was the only
laboratory incockroaches, theintermediatehost,and personwhohadthe scholarshipandenergytocomplete
rats*theprimary host. Thedistinctiverustleandodour thia task. His share ofthis important contribution to
ofStan'sexperimental cockroaches, asoneenteredthe marine studieswas a large one, bringing information
constanttemperatureroominwhichtheywereboused, up to date and checking descriptions, records and
are sounds and smells not easily forgotten! The translations with original specimens and daia. He
nutrition andegglayingoftheseanimalswerestudied arranged species into genera, provided keys for
and reported upon and, together tvitfi B. R- Dixon, a identification and was alone responsible forthe sixty
paperwaspublishedin Nasurenn Iheuptakeofsmall lull page illustrations. Some 320speciesofsipunculans
particles Through the body wall of M dubius. and BOspeciesofechiuranshad beendescribedatthe
Around this time Stan collaborated with H. B S timethis527 pagebook was publishedby theTrustees
Wuuicrstey in what was the first significant paper on of the Bnush Museum (Natural History} London. It
the inrertidalecology ofSouth Australia. It w*>also wasthe first systematic monograph ofthe two phyl.i
thefust paperpublishedonthistopic tnAustraliathat to be published this century and is likely to remain
dealt in equal detail with both flora and lamia. the standard reference work for many years tocome.
Piirthermore, it dealt with the relatively sheltered Stanretired from the University ofAdelaidein 1974,
coastlineofSouth Australiawhich, withitsgulfs- and having been made a Reader in /oology in 1973 He
bays and Kangaroo Island, differed front the more became an Honorary Associateofthe South Australian
exposedcoastlineoftheEastern States. Intltc h&htof Museum and over the next twenty years published &
then work Womcrsley and Edmonds were able to lurther thirty papers including several chapters in
supply evidence, previously unavailable, for die books Hewasa strongsupporterofthe RoyalSociety
btugeographical nomenclature of the southern <rf South Australia Inc.. occupying the positions of
Australian coastline Council member, Secretary, Vice President and
In addition to his researches on irttertidal ecology. becominp President in 1965. In 1982 he wasawarded
Scanalso worked with Marian Specht on ecological the Society's Sir Joseph \ferco Medal (or Ins
studies of heathtand mi the Keith region of South distinguished scientific researches.
Australia Thrs work involved monthly visits over a Inconclusion I quotefromC. M. Ward MA,a Latin
period of three years between 1952 and 1954 and tcacliet and scholar of high repute and, at ihe time.
resulted in Ihe accumulation of a vast amount of Ac-tiny, Principal ofAdelaideHigh School who wrote
informationthatpermittedjudgementsto be made on on 17 September. 1948 the following WDfdfc. uMr
the faunal rhythms of hcathland in South Australia Edmond?hasalively, genialpersonality, agoodseme
Tn 1958Stan'sresearchesonsipuneulansresulted in ofhumourand a resourceful cultured mind. He h of
his being awarded a PhD. strong*independentcharacterbutalwaysfriendlyand
Stan Edmonds' work 06 the Public Examinations unassuming His honesty and integrity are
Board, a member from I960to 1974, ChiefExaminer unquestionedH A most fitting tributeto amuch liked
in Biology for ten yean and deputy Chairman from andrespectedpersonalitywhomaintainedthesetraits
197!V 1974, was a measure ofthe regard in wtuch his throughout his life.
teaching experience was heW. StanEdmondsissurvived byhis wifeBarbara fnee
Stan was to continue to undertake research on the Hy) and a daughter Elizabeth.
slpUDeulans and the somewhat similar echiunins fiw
many moreyears. In 1972 heco-authoredabookwwh
his late friend Dr A. C. Stephen of the Edinburgh MAN
Museumemided "ThePhyla Sipunculaand Echiunf F. BtRD
Bihltograph}
1947 AustralianAc&nthocepruiiNo. 5. Trans, ft &c S. ,+& 1952AustralianAcawhocephalaNu. 9. ttrid 75, 16-71 <Wllh
71, 13 19. (With T. H. Johnston). T. J*i. Johnston).
t047 Australian AcanuWephala No. 6. Bee. S. .Aust. Mux. 1952 Marine zonalion in Australia in relation to a gen«™i
IW8l. A5u5s5t-r5al6i2an(AWciatmhhoTc.epHh.alJaohNnsot.on7.).Trans.H. So*\ & Aim. sS.chWeommeeroefIeclya»s,sification, /. Ecol, 40, 84-90. (With H. B.
1941o81n,Tanh69ei-n7ct6oe.nmi(mdWaoitntpehlraTts.fpoeHrc.mieaJstoPohefnnsantnioinnmg)at.losnaBnady,thKeainrgdairsotroibIustliaonnd 195fe3e.AcaPnotmh.occMpahsa.l3N.fZr.om2,Au5c5k-6l1a.nd(WaintdhCTampHb.elJlohInssltaonnds).
South Australia. Ibid. 167-177. 655 Australian Sipunculoidea l. The genera Sipunculu.\.
H*51 Australian Acanthoccphala No. 8. find 74, l-V (With Xrn*•-..',"'!•m;andSiphonosoma. Aust, I Mar Frrshw #m.
T. H. Johnston). *. 82-97
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78, 141 144 (With T. H. Johnston). 1974 A new species of Sipuncula \A.\pidnvipkan e.xiyuu.s}
1956AustralianSipunculoidea2. ThegenerarVwscolamwia, belonging to ihc interstilia! fauna of marine beaches,
Dcndwsumuim, Golfing, Aspidosiphottand Cloeoaphiu. collectedby MrL. BotosanaenuduringthesecondCobo
Auxi. J Mar. Frrsiuw fifes 7, 281-3)5. RomanianBiospeleologjcalBnpeditiontoCuba, 1973. hi:
1956Chlormitiesofcoastalwarcrs mSouthMAustralia. 'fonts J. Speli-ot, 6. 187-192.
ft Sat S. Au>t. 79, 152-16* (With I, Thomas) I97ti Respiration insipuneulaos. Proc. [nlvntational S>rtip.
1957 The respiratory metabolism ot &4nifctttytF?iHffl Biol Aipuncuia*n\S Echiura. Kotar (1970] 2, 3 9.
<v/w/«Mrw Edmonds, iSipuneuloidea). ,'tiW. J Mar. 1976Three sipunculan species(rwe new)ttmn New Zealand
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