Person

Flannery, Timothy Fridjof

Occupation
Mammalogist and Zoologist

Summary

Timothy Flannery was a Research Scientist (Mammals) at the Australian Museum, Sydney from 1984. He has published widely on the systematics, zoogeography and biochronology of the mammals of Australia and New Guinea.

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Chronology

1977
Education - BA, Latrobe University
1980
Career position - Tutor in Geology, School of Earth Sciences, Monash University
1981
Education - MSc, Monash University
1981 - 1984
Career position - Tutor in Zoology, School of Biological Sciences, University of New South Wales
1984
Education - PhD, University of New South Wales
1984 - 1999
Career position - Principal Research Scientist and Head, Department of Mammalogy, Australian Museum
1990
Award - Edgeworth David Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales
1994 - 1995
Career position - Research Associate, Zoological Parks Board of New South Wales
1995 -
Career position - Member, Editorial Board, Journal of zoology
1995 -
Career position - Research Associate, School of Zoology, University of Sydney
1996
Award - Rudi Lemberg Travelling Fellowship, Australian Academy of Science
1996
Award - POL Eureka Prize for Environmental Research, Australian Museum
1997
Award - Whitley Medal, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
1997
Award - Ellis Troughton Memorial Award, Australian Mammal Society
1997 - 1999
Career position - Member of the Board, New South Wales National Parks Service Foundation
1997 - 1999
Career position - Member, Editorial Board, Tropical biodiversity (Jakarta)
1997 - 2001
Career position - Conjoint Professor, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, University of Newcastle
1998 -
Career position - Member, National Committee on the Environment, Australian Academy of Science
1998 - 1999
Career position - Professor, Orgasmic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
1998 - 1999
Career position - Chair of Australian Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
1999 -
Career position - Member of the Board, Australian Wildlife Conservancy
1999 - 2006
Career position - Director, South Australian Museum
1999 - 2006
Career position - Professor, University of Adelaide
2000 -
Career position - Member, National Environmental Education Council
2003 -
Career position - Member, International Advisory Council for Research and Education, National Geographic Society
2006
Award - Lannan Foundation Literary Award, U.S.A.
2007 -
Career position - Member, Council of Climate Change, Queensland Government
2007
Award - Australian of the Year
2007 - 2013
Career position - Professor, Division of Environmental and Life Sciences, Macquarie University
2010
Award - Joseph Leidy Award, Academy of Natural Sciences, U.S.A.
2011 - 2013
Career position - Chief Commissioner, Climate Change Commission, Australian Government
2012 -
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science
2018 -
Award - Fellow, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales

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Archival resources

Private hands (Flannery, T.F.)

  • Timothy Fridjof Flannery - Records, 1981 - 1988; Private hands (Flannery, T.F.). Details

Published resources

Books

  • Flannery, Tim, The Eternal Frontier: an Ecological History of North America and its Peoples (Melbourne: Text Publishing, 2001), 404 pp. Details
  • Flannery, Tim, The Weather Makers: the History and Future Impact of Climate Change (Melbourne: Text Publishing, 2005), 332 pp. Details
  • Flannery, Tim, The Future Eaters: an Ecological History of the Australian Lands and People (Sydney: Reed New Holland, 2005), 423 pp. Details
  • Flannery, Tim (text) and Schouten, Peter (illustrator), A Gap in Nature: Discovering the World's Extinct Animals (Melbourne: Text Publishing, 2001), 184 pp. Details
  • Flannery, Tim F., Here on earth : an argument for hope (Melbourne: Text Publishing, 2010), 316 pp. Details
  • Flannery, Timothy Fridtjof, The Future Eaters: an Ecological History of the Australian Lands and People (Sydney: Reed, 1994), 448 pp. Details
  • Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists, Accounting for nature: a scientific method for constructing environmental asset condition accounts (Sydney: Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists, 2016), 32 pp. Details

Book Sections

  • Flannery, Tim, 'The Fate of Empire in Low - and High-Energy Ecosystems' in Ecology and Empire: Environmental History of Settler Societies, Tom Griffiths and Libby Robin, eds (Edinburgh/Melbourne: Keele University Press/Melbourne University Press, 1997), pp. 46-59. Details

Journal Articles

  • Flannery, Tim, 'Brief life of clarity and compassion: Rhys Maengwyn Jones', Australian Archaeology, 53 (2001), 39-40. Details

Newspaper Articles

  • Flannery, Tim, 'Took the Water War to the Wallies: Peter Wray Cullen, AO, Scientist 25-5-1943-13-3-2008', The Age (2008). Details

Resources

Reviews

See also

  • Robson, Alexandra K.; Production Manager and Editor eds, Who's who in Australia 2019 (Southbank, Vic.: AAP Directories, 2018), 1788 pp. Details

McCarthy, G.J.

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