Person
Brown, Arthur Graham (Graham) (1919 - 1982)
- Born
- 22 April 1919
Warminster, England - Died
- 3 January 1982
- Occupation
- Physician and Ornithologist
Summary
Graham Brown was elected president of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union in 1969, immediately after a Review Committee had made recommendations for marked changes and these changes were being implemented. That the RAOU came through this period so well says much about his leadership qualities.
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Born Warminster, England 22 April, 1919. Died Heathcote Junction, Victoria, 3 January 1982. Arrived Australia 1919. Educated Christ's College, Cambridge (BA 1940) and at Middlesex Hospital, London 1940-45. MRCS (England), LRCP (London). Medical practitioner, Colac from ca 1946, Honorary Associate in Ornithology, National Museum of Victoria from 1968. Founder and first president, Colac Field Naturalists' Club 1956; president, Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union 1969-72; council member, Royal Society of Victoria 1970-74. Made long ornithological field trip to north-west Australia 1959, round Australia for three months 1962 and to the centre and north-west for three months 1967. These trips provided a great deal of field experience with northern and inland birds and he donated a number of the specimens from which he had made research skins in the field to the National Museum of Victoria.
Published resources
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q65707886. Details
- 'Brown, Arthur Graham (19190422-19820103)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476020. Details
See also
- Robin, Libby, The Flight of the Emu: a Hundred Years of Australian Ornithology 1901-2001 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2001), 492 pp. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 31 January 2001, Last modified: 9 March 2018
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