Portrait of A.H. Chisholm, ca. 1930s [picture]
- Bib ID:
- 3796152
- Format:
- Picture
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Description:
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- [193-?]
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.8 x 11.8 cm.
- Series:
- G.M. Mathews collection of portraits of ornithologists.
- Biography/History:
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Alexander Chisholm (1890-1977) was prolific author of books on Australia's flora and fauna and edited a number of prominent newspapers and magazines. He was the editor-in-chief of the Australian Encyclopaedia in 1958, and the recipient of the inaugural Australian Natural History Medallion in 1939. He was the 1939-40 president of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union.
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- Title devised by cataloguer.
- Inscriptions: "A.H. Chisholm"--On verso.
- Part of G.M. Mathews collection of portraits of ornithologists
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-150660695
- Related Material:
- Papers of Gregory M. Mathews, 1900-1949; located at; National Library of Australia Manuscript collection MS 1465.
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This belongs to the G.M. Mathews collection of portraits of ornithologists.
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