Group portrait of G.P. Whitley, T.A. Everitt, A.J. Moran, Tom Iredale and Alex Chisholm, March 1950 [picture]
- Bib ID:
- 3799568
- Format:
- Picture
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Description:
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- 1950
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 8.5 cm.
- Series:
- G.M. Mathews collection of portraits of ornithologists.
- Biography/History:
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Gilbert Percy Whitley, 1903-1975, curator of icthyology at the Australian Museum, 1922-1965, also interested in entomology, published over 500 works, and assisted in the compliation of the Bibliography of Australian entomology 1775-1930 (1932). Retired in September 1964, continuing with field trips and research.
Tom Iredale, 1880-1972, assistant to G.M. Mathews on the Birds of Australia, 1911-1923, freelance worker for the British Museum, 1909-1910, conchologist to the Australian Museum, 1924-1944, published widely on conchology, ornithology, ecology and zoogeography.
Alexander (Alec) 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.
- Notes:
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- Inscription: "13/3/50. Dear Major Whittell, Another one for your Rogues' Gallery. Left to right: G.P. Whitley, T.A. Everitt (Hon. Sec. R.Z.S.N.S.W.), A.J. Moran (Cairns, Q. naturalist), Tom Iredale, Alex Chisholm. No wonder the traffic was held up in Sydney when this photo was taken a week or two ago. Regards Gilbert P. Whitley"--On reverse.
- Part of G.M. Mathews collection of portraits of ornithologists.
- Title devised by cataloguer from inscription.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-150670316
- 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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- Created/Published Date is Before 1955
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- Material type:
- Photograph
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1950
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