Person
Cullen, John Michael (Mike) (1927 - 2001)
- Born
- 14 December 1927
Bournemouth, United Kingdom - Died
- 23 March 2001
Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Ornithologist and Zoologist
Summary
John Michael (Mike) Cullen was an English born zoologist who became an expert on Australia's Little Penguins. From 1942 until 1976 he studied and worked at the University of Oxford, mostly with the Animal Behaviour Research Group. In 1975 when the Chair of Animal Behaviour at Oxford became available most expected Cullen to be appointed to the position. However, he was overlooked, but the following year was appointed Chair of Zoology at Australia's Monash University. Cullen took on his duties with gusto and even found time to work on his own projects, which included the research and conservation of Victoria's Little Penguins especially at Phillip Island and St Kilda. He was eventually appointed Emeritus Professor of Zoology at Monash but his life was cut short when he was killed in a car accident on his way to work.
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Chronology
- 1956 - 1968
- Career position - Zoologist with the Animal Behaviour Group, Oxford University, UK
- c. 1968 - 1975
- Career position - Lecturer in Experimental Psychology and Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford University
- 1976 - 1988
- Career position - Member of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union Field Investigation Committee
- 1976 - 1992
- Career position - Professor and Chair of Zoology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria
- 1979 - 1985
- Career position - Supervised studies of distribution and breeding of Abbott's Booby on Christmas Island
- 1980 -
- Career position - Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Phillip Island Penguin Reserve
- 1980 - 1999
- Career position - Chair of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Phillip Island Penguin Reserve
- 1983 - 1984
- Career position - Secretary, Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union, Victorian branch
- 1985 - 1999
- Career position - Member of the Phillip Island Nature Park Board of Management
Published resources
Books
- Robin, Libby, The Flight of the Emu: a Hundred Years of Australian Ornithology 1901-2001 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2001), 492 pp. Details
Journal Articles
- Dann, Peter, 'Obituary: Professor J. Michael (Mike) Cullen, 1927-2001', Emu, 101 (3) (2001), 269 - 270, https://doi.org/10.1071/MU01901. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q6248622. Details
- 'Cullen, John Michael (1927-2001)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1474895. Details
Annette Alafaci
Created: 11 October 2006, Last modified: 7 February 2011