Walter Oliver

لمعلومات عن the American politician and lawyer، انظر Walter Tansill Oliver.
Walter Oliver
Oliver in 1934
توفيمايو 16, 1957(1957-05-16) (aged 93)
الجنسيةNew Zealander
المهنةNaturalist, ornithologist, malacologist and museum curator
عـُرِف بـSnares penguin, Calliostoma waikanae and Shepherd's beaked whale
التكريمKing George V Silver Jubilee Medal; Oligosoma oliveri was named after him

Walter Reginald Brook Oliver (7 September 1883 – 16 May 1957) was a New Zealand naturalist, ornithologist, malacologist,[1] and museum curator.

Biography

Born in Launceston, Tasmania,[2] Oliver emigrated with his family to New Zealand in 1896, settling in Tauranga. Having already developed an interest in nature during his childhood, he systematically recorded natural observations throughout much of his life, including joining other naturalists on an expedition to the Kermadec Islands in 1908.[3]

In 1910, Oliver became a member of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union (RAOU) for which body he served as branch secretary for New Zealand from 1914 to his death in 1957, a period of office of 43 years. During this period, he also served as RAOU vice-president from 1942 to 1943, and as president from 1943 to 1944.

Oliver was appointed director of the Dominion Museum in 1928,[4] and in 1930, he published the seminal guide New Zealand Birds, which was updated and expanded in 1955. The guide contained many colour plates by Lily Attey Daff, although she was not credited with the work.[5] Oliver retired from the position of director in 1946.[4] He was one of the botanists on the 1949 New Zealand American Fiordland Expedition.[6]

Oliver was active in numerous scientific societies, and was a prolific contributor to New Zealand scientific literature over his career. He was government representative on the Council of the Royal Society of New Zealand for many years, its president from 1952 to 1954, and editor of its Transactions from 1948 to 1954.

Oliver described several species new to science, including:

A species of New Zealand lizard, Oligosoma oliveri, is named in his honour.[7]

In 1935, Oliver was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.[8] In 1953, he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal.[9]

W.R.B.Oliv. هو المختصر الرسمي لاسم عالم النبات Walter Oliver المستعمل في التسميات العلمية اللاتينية للنباتات.

References

  1. ^ Coan EV, Kabat AR, Petit RE (15 February 2009). 2,400 years of malacology, 6th edition. American Malacological Society. 830 pp. & 32 pp. [Annex of Collations].
  2. ^ No label or title -- debug: Q124966164, Wikidata Q124966164 
  3. ^ "Scientific Excursion". Bay of Plenty Times. Vol. XXXVI, no. 5147. 27 ديسمبر 1907. p. 2. Retrieved 17 أبريل 2024.
  4. ^ أ ب "Obituary. W.R.B. Oliver". Ibis. 100 (2): 271. أبريل 1958. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.1958.tb08795.x.
  5. ^ "An Artistic Worker: Death of Miss L. A. Daff". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 11 مارس 2019.
  6. ^ No label or title -- debug: Q125475906, Wikidata Q125475906 
  7. ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Oliver, W.R.B.", p. 194).
  8. ^ "Official jubilee medals". The Evening Post. Vol. CXIX, no. 105. 6 مايو 1935. p. 4. Retrieved 17 نوفمبر 2013.
  9. ^ Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 419. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.

Further reading

External links

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