Person

Ride, William David Lindsay (1926 - 2011)

AM FTSE

Born
8 May 1926
St.Pancras, London, England
Died
6 November 2011
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Occupation
Palaeontologist and Zoologist

Summary

William Ride was appointed Principal of the Canberra College of Advanced Education in 1987. Earlier he was head of the School of Applied Science 1982-1987, was with the CSIRO 1974-1980 and has had a long involvement with museums in Australia.

Details

Chronology

1957 - 1974
Career position - Director, Western Australian Museum, Perth
1964
Career event - Published "The fauna of Western Australia" with Dominic Louis Serventy
1970
Career event - Published "A guide to the native mammals of Australia" with Ella Fry
1973 - 1977
Career position - Chairman, Editorial committee, International Code of Zoological Nomenclature [3rd Edition 1985]
1974 - 1980
Career position - Director, Australian Biological Resources Study, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Canberra
1982 - 1987
Career position - Head of the School of Applied Science, Canberra College of Advanced Education
1983 - 1984
Career position - Chairman, Editorial committee, International Code of Zoological Nomenclature [3rd Edition 1985]
1984
Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) - For service to science and education, particularly in the fields of zoology and biology
1984 - 1987
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences (FTS)
1985
Career event - 'International Code of Zoological Nomenclature' 3rd edition, published and adopted
1987 -
Career position - Principal, Canberra College of Advanced Education
1987
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE) [Awarded by AATS 1984]
2001
Award - Centenary Medal - For service to Australian society in palaeontology

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Archival resources

Western Australian Museum

  • William David Lindsay Ride - Records, 1957; Western Australian Museum. Details

Published resources

Books

  • Ride, William David Lindsay; Fry, Ella, A guide to the native mammals of Australia (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1970), xiv, 249 pp. Details

Book Sections

  • Johnstone, R. E., 'A history of ornithology at the Western Australian Museum' in Contributions to the History of Australasian Ornithology, Davis, William E.; Recher, Harry E.; Boles, Walter E.; and Jackson, Jerome A., eds (Cambridge, Mass.: Nuttall Ornithological Club, 2008), pp. 165-98. Details

Resources

McCarthy, G.J.; Ken McInnes

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