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.
Details
Chronology
- 1977
- Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA), Latrobe University
- 1980
- Career position - Tutor in Geology, School of Earth Sciences, Monash University
- 1981
- Education - Master of Science (MSc), Monash University
- 1981 - 1984
- Career position - Tutor in Zoology, School of Biological Sciences, University of New South Wales
- 1984
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (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 (FAA)
- 2018 -
- Award - Fellow, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Related entries
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
- '2007 Australian of the Year', Australian of the Year Awards, National Australia Day Council, https://australianoftheyear.org.au/recipients/professor-tim-flannery. Details
- 'Flannery, Tim F (1956-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-635340. Details
Reviews
- Here on earth : an argument for hope
Robin, Libby, Historical Records of Australian Science, 21 (2), (2010), 295-7, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR10012. Details
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.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 11 November 2021
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