Gregory Mathews
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Gregory Macalister Mathews CBE (10 September 1876 - 27 March 1949) was an Australian amateur ornithologist.
Mathews made his fortune in mining shares, and moved to England around 1900. He wrote The Birds of Australia (twelve volumes, 1910-1927), assisted by Tom Iredale.
He was Chairman of the British Ornithologists' Club from 1935-1938[1]. He was made CBE in 1939 for his services to ornithology[2].
In 1939 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union, and served as its President 1946-1947. He donated his ornithological library to the National Library of Australia in 1939[2].
[edit] References
- Robin, Libby. (2001). The Flight of the Emu: a hundred years of Australian ornithology 1901-2001. Carlton, Vic. Melbourne University Press. ISBN 0-522-84987-3
[edit] External sources
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