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Calaby, John Henry (1922 - 1998) |
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| Naturalist and Ornithologist | |
| Born: 19 October 1922 Creswick, Victoria, Australia. Died: 19 September 1998. | |
| John Henry Calaby worked for the CSIRO Wildlife Survey Section (later Division of Wildlfe and Ecology) 1950-87. He played a significant part in the 1972-73 Alligator Rivers Region environmental fact-finding study and was largely responsible for the gazettal in 1976 of the Australian National Wildlife Collection. |
Career Highlights |
| Born Creswick, Victoria, 19 October 1922. Died Canberra, 19 September 1998. AO 1994. Educated Ballarat School of Mines (Diploma in Applied Chemistry 1942). Hon. DSc, Australian National University 1977. Technical Assistant, Explosives and Ammunition Research, Munitions Supply Laboratories 1942-45; Experimental Officer, CSIRO Division of Entomology 1945-50; Experimental Officer and Research Scientist, CSIRO Wildlife Survey Section 1950-72 (transferred to Perth 1952-56 to maximise rabbit control in the West), Senior Principal Research Scientist 1972-87, Assistant Chief, Division of Wildlife and Ecology 1985-87, Honorary Research Fellow from 1987. Wrote So Much that is New. Baldwin Spencer 1860-1929: a Biography (1985, co-author D.J. Mulvaney). Foundation Member, Australian Mammal Society 1958; Troughton Medal, Australian Mammal Society 1983; Fellow, Royal Zoological Society of NSW 1986; Honorary Member, Australian Mammal Society 1987; Honorary Member, Americal Society of Mammalogists 1993. Thirty species across the animal kingdom are named after him. Commemorated by the John Calaby Resources Centre, CSIRO Division of Wildlife and Ecology, 1998. |
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