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Brown, Arthur Graham (Graham) (1919 - 1982) |
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| Physician and Ornithologist | |
| Born: 22 April 1919 Warminster, England. Died: 3 January 1982. | |
| Arthur Graham (Graham) Brown was elected president of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union in 1969, immediately after a Review Committee had made recommendations for marked changes and these changes were being implemented. That the RAOU came through this period so well says much about his leadership qualities. |
Career Highlights |
| Born Warminster, England 22 April, 1919. Died Heathcote Junction, Victoria, 3 January 1982. Arrived Australia 1919. Educated Christ's College, Cambridge (BA 1940) and at Middlesex Hospital, London 1940-45. MRCS (England), LRCP (London). Medical practitioner, Colac from ca 1946, Honorary Associate in Ornithology, National Museum of Victoria from 1968. Founder and first president, Colac Field Naturalists' Club 1956; president, Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union 1969-72; council member, Royal Society of Victoria 1970-74. Made long ornithological field trip to north-west Australia 1959, round Australia for three months 1962 and to the centre and north-west for three months 1967. These trips provided a great deal of field experience with northern and inland birds and he donated a number of the specimens from which he had made research skins in the field to the National Museum of Victoria. |
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