Person

Warham, John

Born
Yorkshire, England
Occupation
Natural history photographer and Ornithologist

Summary

John Warham undertook ornithological research in England, various parts of Australia and New Zealand. He had a particular interest in seabirds.

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Born Yorkshire. Arrived Australia 1953. Wrote about and photographed the birds of south-western Australia, then the Kimberley; warden (with his wife Pat), Cat Island gannetry, Bass Strait; studies of sea-birds and bower birds in north Queensland; more island work; doctorate, University of Durham; University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, retiring in 1987 as Reader in Zoology. Led several university expeditions to New Zealand's sub-Antarctic islands. Wrote The Handbook of Australian Seabirds (1971, with Dom and Vincent Serventy, q.q.v.), with most of the photography by him, and The Petrels - their Ecology and Breeding Systems (1990). D.L. Serventy Medal, RAOU 1992.

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Books

  • Serventy, D. L., Serventy, Vincent and Warham, John, The handbook of Australian sea-birds (Sydney: Reed, 1971), 254 pp. Details
  • Warham, John, The technique of photographing birds (London: Focal Press, 1956), 199 pp. Details
  • Warham, John, The petrels : their ecology and breeding systems (London: Academic Press, 1990), 440 pp. Details

Journal Articles

  • Warham, John, 'Obituary: Dr D. L. "Dom""Serventy', Corella, 13 (1) (1989), 31-2. 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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