Person
Quilty, Patrick (1939 - 2018)
AM
- Born
- 1939
- Died
- 26 August 2018
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia - Occupation
- Palaeontologist and Science historian
Summary
Patrick Quilty was a palaeontologist whose interests focused on surface and subsurface earth sciences in Antarctica. In all he made 14 trips to Antarctica including three marine science voyages. He discovered whale and dolphin fossils in the Vestfold Hills, the only site in Antarctica where fossil vertebrates have been found, and was one of the group that identified Macquarie Island as unique piece of uplifted oceanic crust. For nearly 20 years Quilty was a leader of the research programs of Australia's Antarctic Division, including as Chief Scientist for 1993 to 1999. Quilty served as Vice-President of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research from 1994 to 1998, having been Australia's representative on the Committee for some years. He was active in scientific organisations including being President of the Royal Society of Tasmania in 2010. His publications included Geological evolution of Tasmania (2014) and a number of papers stemming from his interest in the history of Antarctica. Five fossil species have been named after Quilty, as have the Quilty Nunataks in the southern Antarctic Peninsula and Quilty Bay in the Larsemann Hills near Davis Station.
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Chronology
- 1962
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc(Hons)), University of Western Australia
- 1965 - 1966
- Career event - First visit to Antarctic (Ellsworth Land) as palaeontologist with the University of Wisconsin
- 1969
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Tasmania
- 1974
- Award - U.S. Antarctic Services Medal
- 1981 - 1983
- Career position - Deputy Director (Research), Antarctic Division
- 1983 - 1993
- Career position - Assistant Director (Science), Antarctic Division
- 1984
- Career position - Chair, Symposium the Biology of the Vestfold Hills, Hobart
- 1987
- Career position - Chair, Symposium on Macquarie Island, Hobart
- 1988
- Career position - Chair, 20th Meeting, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), Hobart
- 1993 - 1999
- Career position - Chief Scientist, Antarctic Division
- 1994 - 1998
- Career position - Vice-President, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
- 1996
- Award - Royal Society of Tasmania Medal
- 1997
- Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for service to geoscience, particularly Australian Antarctic scientific research, and its promotion internationally
- 1999
- Life event - Retired
- 2004
- Career position - Convenor, 17th Australian Geological Convention, Hobart
- 2010
- Career position - President, Royal Society of Tasmania
- 2010
- Career position - Honorary Professor, School of Earth Sciences and Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania
- 2011
- Career position - Chair, Mawson Symposium, Royal Society of Tasmania
- 2016
- Award - Phillip Law Medal, Australian Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) Club
Related entries
Published resources
Books
- Quilty, Patrick G., Antarctica as a Continent for Science (Hobart: Tasmanian Government Printing Office, 1990), 29-37 pp. Details
- Quilty, Patrick G., The dawning of Antarctica: through exploration to occupation (Hobart: Eva Meidl, 2021), 474 pp. Details
Book Sections
- Quilty, Patrick G., 'Foraminiferology in Australia, 1843-present' in Landmarks in Foraminiferal Micropalaeontology: History and Development, Bowden, A. J., Gregory, F. J. and Henderson, A., eds (London: Geological Society of London, 2013), pp. 251-69. Details
Journal Articles
- Anon, 'Pat Quilty: Antarctic community mourns loss of leader', Australian Antarctic Magazine, 35 (2018), 26-7. http://www.antarctica.gov.au/magazine/2016-2020/issue-35-december-2018. Details
- Gales, Nick, 'Obituary for Patrick Quilty (1939 - 2018)', Quaternary Australia, 35 (2) (2018), 10. Details
- Large, Ross R.; Pongratz, June; and Davies, Margaret, 'Obituary: Professor Patrick Gerard Quilty AM', Papers and proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 152 (2018), 61-70. Details
- Quilty, P. G.; and Goddard, P. H., 'The lower deck on Aurora H. V. Goddard's diary, 1913-14', Polar record, 40 (3) (2004), 193-203. https://doi.org/10.1017/S003224740300336X. Details
- Quilty, Patrick, 'Neumayer in Australia: His Scientific Legacy', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 123 (2011), 11-8. Details
- Quilty, Patrick G., 'Georg Neumayer (1826-1909) in Tasmania, 1864', Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 141 (2) (2007), 203-212. Details
- Quilty, Patrick G., 'Laying the Foundation: Early Australian Earth Scientists in the Antarctic: Part 2 - Geologists with Scott's 1911-1912 Final Expedition', TAG: Geological Society of Australia Newsletter, 161 (2011), 21-6. Details
- Quilty, Patrick G., 'Laying the foundation: Early Australian Earth Scientists in the Antarctic, Part 1', TAG: Geological Society of Australia Newsletter, 160 (2011), 24-6. Details
- Quilty, Patrick G., 'Early Australian Earth Scientists in the Antarctic, Part 3: the Foundation Laid - Mawson's Men', TAG: Geological Society of Australia Newsletter, 162 (2012), 19-24. Details
- Quilty, Patrick G., 'Maxwell Robert Banks 21 July 1925 - 24 November 2014', TAG: Geological Society of Australia Newsletter, 174 (2015), 42-3. Details
- Quilty, Patrick G.; and Banks, Maxwell R., 'Samuel Warren Carey 1911-2002', Historical Records of Australian Science, 14 (3) (2003), 313-335. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR03005. Details
- Quilty, Patrick G.; and Lugg, Desmond J., 'Phillip Garth Law 1912-2010', Historical Records of Australian Science, 24 (1) (2013), 134-59, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR12026. Details
- Quilty, Patrick M., 'Obituary: Maxwell Robert Banks AM, D.Sc., D.H.C. (Lille), 21 July 1925 - 24 October 2014', Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 148 (2014), 71-6. Details
Resources
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/93229373. Details
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q22253117. Details
Resource Sections
- Quilty, Pat, 'Interview with Professor Sam Carey', in Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 1 June 2000, https://www.science.org.au/learning/general-audience/history/interviews-australian-scientists/professor-sam-carey-geologist. Details
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Created: 5 November 2019, Last modified: 3 December 2019