Biographical entry Glauert, Ludwig (1879 - 1963)

Summary

Ludwig Glauert joined the 1908 Geological Survey of Western Australia as a palaeontologist and worked at the Western Australian Museum. He was Keeper of Geology and Ethnology at the museum 1914-20, then Keeper of Biological Collections 1920-27 and Director 1954-57.

Archival resources

Western Australian Museum

• Ludwig Glauert - Records, 1910 - 1957; Western Australian Museum. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Jenkins, C.F.H., 'Glaubert, Ludwig (1879-1963), Museum Curator', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 9, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1983, pp. 25-26. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090024b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• 'Obituary: L. Glauert, MBE', Western Australian Naturalist, vol. 8, no. 8, 1963, pp. 189-193. Details
• 'L. Glauert. [obituary of Ludwig Glauert, Director Emeritus of the Western Australian Museum]', Emu, vol. 63, no. 1, 1963, pp. 74-75. Details
• Glauert, L., 'The Ornithological Collecting of Dr. L. Preiss in 1839', Western Australian Naturalist, vol. 1, 1948, pp. 147-148. Details
• Serventy, D. L., 'Ludwig Glauert - Museum Director and Naturalist', Western Australian Naturalist, vol. 5, 1957, pp. 148-165. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Glauert, Ludwig', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-543624. Details