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Biographical entry Gatliff, John Henry (1848 - 1935)
- Born
- 17 May 1848
Leeds, Yorkshire, England - Died
- 14 September 1935
South Yarra, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Conchologist and Naturalist
Summary
John Gatliff worked in the banking industry from the age of 18 until he retired in 1912. However, he is most noted for his studies of shells. This life-long interest saw Gatliff discover several new species of shells including Conus segravei (1891), Voluta spenceriana (1908) and V. gatliffi (1910). He also wrote many important publications including the nine-part Catalogue of the marine shells of Victoria (written with GB Pritchard). From 1907 he teamed up with Charles Gabriel and over the next twenty-three years they regularly updated the catalogue, published twenty-seven papers and described forty-five new taxa. John Gatliff was appointed Honorary conologist at the National Museum of Victoria in 1933.
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Events
- 1857
- Life event - Migrated to Australia (Geelong, Victoria) with family
- 1880 -
- Career position - Member of the Field Naturalists' Club
- 1880
- Career position - Joined the Commercial Bank of Australia
- 1883
- Career position - Publication of first article: "The Pecten" in Southern Science Record
- 1885 - 1889
- Career position - Manager of the Commercial Bank of Australia, Heathcote branch
- 1889 - 1895
- Manager of the Commercial Bank of Australia, Collingwood branch
- 1891
- Career position - Described a new species of Victorian molluscs Conus segravei
- 1895 - c. 1910
- Career position - Manager of the Commercial Bank of Australia, Carlton branch
- 1898 - 1906
- Career position - Catalogue of the Marine Shells of Victoria (written with G.B. Pritchard) published in 9-parts
- 1910 - 1912
- Career position - Inspector of the Commercial Bank of Australia
- 1912
- Career position - Retired
- 1933 -
- Career position - Honorary Conologist at the National Museum of Victoria
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Published resources
Book Sections
- Smith, Brian J., 'Gatliff, John Henry (1848-1935)', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 8, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1981, pp. 629-630. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080645b.htm. Details
Online Resources
- 'Gatliff, John Henry (1848-1935)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1461259. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
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