Person

Chenery, Arthur (1869 - 1948)

Born
November 1869
Mansfield, Victoria, Australia
Died
6 June 1948
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Physician and Ornithologist

Summary

Arthur Chenery was a country doctor and a keen amateur ornithologist.

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Born Delatite Station, Mansfield, Victoria, November 1869. Died Melbourne, 6 June 1948. Educated University of Melbourne and Kings College Hospital, London (MRCS, LRCP). Practised at Port Augusta, Sale, Tocumwal and Wentworth 1916-44. Foundation member, (Royal) Australasian Ornithologists Union 1901, president 1930-31.

Chronology

1901 - 1910
Career position - Foundation member, Australian Ornithologists' Union
1916 - 1944
Career event - In practice in Wentworth, New South Wales
1930 - 1931
Career position - President, Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union
1944
Life event - Retired

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Published resources

Journal Articles

  • C.E.B. [ie Bryant, C. E.], 'Obituary: Arthur Chenery (1869-1948)', Emu, 48 (1) (1948), 84-5. Details
  • Chenery, A., 'Obituary for Dr Morgan', South Australian ornithologist, 13 (1935), 3-4. Details
  • Chenery, A. and Morgan, A. M., 'The birds of Rivers Murray and Darling and district of Wentworth, part I(-II)', South Australian ornithologist, 5 (1920), 41-7, 69-77. Details

Resources

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

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