Person
Littlejohn, Murray J. (1932 - 2024)
- Born
- 26 March 1932
Cottesloe, Western Australia, Australia - Died
- 12 October 2024
Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Herpetologist
Summary
Murray Littlejohn is a herpetologist renowned as a pioneer of bioacoustics, and in the application of audio recording to study of communication in frogs. He has made significant contributions to understanding the evolutionary biology of anurans, particularly in southeastern Australia and southern United States; theoretical perspectives on sexual selection, character displacement and the nature of species boundaries; and anuran distribution patterns including historical biogeography. A feature of his research has been extensive, long-term and well-documented field work. His wife, Patricia (Patsy) Littlejohn (1932 - 2013) was an enthusiastic collaborator in this field work. Littlejohn was foundation President of the Australian Society of Herpetologists.
Details
Murray Littlejohn joined the Wallaby Club in Melbourne in 1981 and was President 2005-2006. For the last few years of his life he was a non-walking social member.
Chronology
- 1950
- Career position - Laboratory Assistant, Department of Botany, University of Western Australia
- 1955
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc(Hons)), University of Western Australia
- 1958
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Western Australia
- 1958
- Award - Hackett Studentship (Postgraduate), University of Western Australia
- 1958 - 1959
- Career position - Postdoctoral fellow, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, U.S.A.
- 1958 - 1977
- Career position - Member, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
- 1960 - 1998
- Career position - Lecturer (later Associate Professor) in Zoology, University of Melbourne
- 1965 - 1969
- Career position - Foundation President, Australian Society of Herpetologists
- 1966
- Career position - Senior Fulbright Fellow, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, U.S.A.
- 1969
- Career position - Vice-President, Society for the Study of Evolution
- 1971
- Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Western Australia
- 1971 - 1972
- Career position - Vice-President, Australian Society of Herpetologists
- 1977 - 2024
- Award - Honorary Foreign Member, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
- 1982 - 2024
- Award - Honorary Life Member, Australian Society of Herpetologists
- 1983 - 1985
- Career position - Head, Department of Zoology, University of Melbourne
- 1989 - 1990
- Career position - President, Ecological Society of Australia
- 1993 - 1994
- Career position - President, Second World Congress of Herpetology, Adelaide
- 1997
- Career position - Visiting Erskine Fellow in Zoology, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
- 1998 -
- Career position - Principal Fellow, School of Biosciences, University of Melbourne
- 1998
- Life event - Retired
- September 2003 - August 2018
- Career position - Research Associate, Museum Victoria
- 2005 - 2024
- Award - Fellow, Royal Society of Victoria
- 2010
- Award - Australasian Sound Recording Association Award for Excellence
Related entries
Published resources
Journal Articles
- Littlejohn, M. J., 'Historical aspects of recording and analysis in anuran bioacoustics', Bioacoustics: international journal of animal sound and its recording, 9 (1998), 69-80. Details
- Littlejohn, Murray, 'John A. Moore and Australian Frogs', Australian Society of Herpetologists Newsletter, 44 (2009), 32-5. Details
- Sullivan, Brian K.; Martin, Angus A.; Stewart, Margaret M.; and Fouquette, Martin J., 'Murray John Littlejohn and Patricia Gordon (Patsy) Littlejohn', Copeia, 103 (2) (2015), 467-75. https://doi.org/10.1643/OT-15-274. Details
Helen Cohn
Created: 31 May 2022, Last modified: 19 October 2024