Brazier, John William (1842 - 1930)

Summary

John Brazier was one of Australia's earliest conchologists, making extensive collections along the New South Wales coast and the Great Barrier Reef, as well as Pacific islands, particularly those to the north of Australia. He was first employed by the Australian Museum in 1880 to assist in cataloging the shell collectors, but was soon appointed Conchologist and given additional responsibilities for the ethnological, historical and numismatic collections. Brazier was retrenched during the 1893 recession. He was a close associate of William Macleay, joining him in the foundation of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, and of George F. Angas. Brazier published over 150 research papers, many published in the Proceedings of the Society. Much of his shell collection is in the Australian Museum, deposited by Charles Hadely, his successor at the Museum.

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Chronology

1874

Career position - Foundation member, Linnean Society of New South Wales

18 May 1875 - September 1875

Career position - Zoological Collector, Chevert Expedition

1880 - 1893

Career position - Cataloguer (later Conchologist), Australian Museum

1880 - 1896

Career position - Member of Council, Linnean Society of New South Wales

1888 -

Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science

1888<

Career event - Corresponding Member Zoological Society, London (CMZS)

1888<

Career event - Fellow, Linnean Society, London (FLS)

Related entries

Archival resources

Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales

• John William Brazier - Records, 1860 - 1893, A732; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
• John William Brazier - Records, 1872, CP Pos 681; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
• John William Brazier - Records, 1870 - 1893, A1465; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
• John William Brazier - Records, 1869, ML MSS 975; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
• Linnean Society of New South Wales - Records, 1826 - 1970, ML MSS 2009; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• McMichael, D. F., 'Brazier, John William (1842-1930), conchologist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 3: 1851 - 1890 A-C, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1969), pp. 221-222. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A030206b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Brazier, J., 'Notes and critical remarks on a donation of shells sent to the museum of the Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland', Journal of conchology, 6 (1889), 66-84. Details
• Brazier, John, 'Trochidae and other genera of South Australia and their synonyms', Transactions and proceedings and report of the Royal Society of South Australia, 9 (1877), 116-25. Details
• Brazier, John, 'Continuation of the Mollusca of the Chevert Expedition [family Littorinidae - family Planaxidae - family Rissoisae] with new species', Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 1 (4) (1877), 362-8, https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/LIN/issue/view/458. Details
• Brazier, John, 'Continuation of the Mollusca of the Chevert Expedition, with new species', Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 1 (4) (1877), 283-301, https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/LIN/issue/view/458. Details
• Brazier, John, 'Shells collected during the Chevert Expedition', Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 1 (3) (1877), 224-40, https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/LIN/issue/view/458. Details
• Brazier, John, 'Mollusca collected during the Chevert Expedition', Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 2 (1) (1877), 55-60, https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/LIN/issue/view/459. Details
• Brazier, John, 'A list of the Pleurotomidae collected during the Chevert Expedition, with the description of the new species', Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 1 (2) (1877), 151-62, https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/LIN/issue/view/458. Details
• Iredale, T., 'John Brazier. Conchologist', The Australian Museum Magazine, 4 (1930), 113-114. Details
• Iredale, T., 'Obituary Notice: John Brazier', Conchology (London), 19 (1931). Details
• Iredale, T., 'John Brazier 1842-1930', Nautilus, 44 (1931). Details
• Iredale, T., 'John (William) Brazier', Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales (1956), 105-118. Details

Resources

• Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q6223020. Details
• VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/31575652. Details
• 'Brazier, John (1842-1930)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1466977. Details

See also

• Beechey, D. L., 'Sydney's Molluscs: from Gentlemen to Malacologists' in The Natural History of Sydney, Lunney, Daniel, Hutchings, Pat A. and Hochuli, Dieter, eds (Mosman, N.S.W.: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, 2010), pp. 107-24. Details