Person
Flynn, Theodore Thomson (1883 - 1968)
MBE
- Born
- 11 October 1883
Coraki, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 23 October 1968
Liss, Hampshire, England - Occupation
- Zoologist
Summary
Theodore Flynn was appointed the first lecturer in biology at the University of Tasmania (1909) and from 1911 was Professor of Biology. Although his early interest was marsupials, he later developed an interest in marine biology. This led him to work towards the development of Australian fisheries, spending fifteen years harnessing the resources of state and commonwealth governments and imperial trade policies and even forming a private company to harvest pelagic fish stocks. He was involved in the establishment of CSIR and a proposal to build a national marine research station. In 1930 he left Tasmania and ultimately took up the chair of zoology at Queen's University, Belfast. Flynn was the father of the Australian actor Errol Flynn.
Details
Chronology
- 1906
- Award - Macleay Fellowship, Linnean Society of New South Wales (NSW)
- 1906?
- Award - John Couts Scholarship, University of Sydney
- 1906
- Award - Medal for Biology, University of Sydney
- 1907
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Sydney
- 1907
- Career position - Science Master at Newcastle and Maitland High Schools, NSW
- c. 1908
- Career position - Lecturer in Chemistry and physics at the Newcastle and West Maitland Technical Colleges, NSW
- 1909 - 1911
- Career position - Lecturer in Biology, University of Tasmania
- 1911 - 1930
- Career position - Professor of Biology, University of Tasmania
- 1915
- Career position - Royal Commissioner to examine the Tasmanian fishing industry
- 1921
- Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Sydney
- January 1931
- Career position - Rockefeller grant received
- c. 1931 - 1948
- Career position - Chair of Zoology at Queen's University in Belfast, Ireland
- 1945
- Award - Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
- 1948
- Life event - Retired
Archival resources
Archives Office of Tasmania
- Theodore Thomas Flynn - Records, 1930, UT 87/37; Archives Office of Tasmania. Details
State Library of Tasmania
- Theodore Thomas Flynn - Records; State Library of Tasmania. Details
Published resources
Books
- Harrison, Tony and Harrison, Vicki, Theodore Thomson Flynn: Not Just Errol's Father (Hobart: the Authors, 2013), 238 pp. Details
Book Sections
- Bryden, William, 'Flynn, Theodore Thomas (1883-1968), zoologist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 8: 1891 - 1939 Cl-Gib, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1981), pp. 534-536. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080556b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Harrison, A.J., 'Theodore T. Flynn', Australasian Science, 21 (8) (2000), 46. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7782072. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/295611773. Details
- 'Flynn, T Thomson (18831011-19681023)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1464503. Details
Resource Sections
- Harrison, A.J., 'Theodore T Flynn (1883-1968)', in Progress in Managing Fisheries in Australia 1800-1990, Harrison, A.J., Anthony Harrison, 2003, http://www.users.on.net/~ahvem/Fisheries/Identities/Flynn.html. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 26 February 2018
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