Person
Cogger, Harold George (Hal) (1935 - )
AM
- Born
- 4 May 1935
- Occupation
- Herpetologist and Museum director
Summary
Hal Cogger is recognised as one of Australia's most eminent herpetologists. He joined the Australian Museum in 1952 as a cadet preparator, being Curator of reptiles and amphibians from 1962 to 1977 and ultimately Deputy Director until his retirement in 1995. His research centres on the reptiles and amphibians of the Australian and Pacific regions, particularly their ecology, systematics and biogeography. Cogger's extensive publications include descriptions of many new species, reports on the status of marine reptiles and frogs in Australia and its off-shore islands, and the definitive text Reptiles and amphibians of Australia (1975, 7th edition 2014). A foundation member of the Australian Society of Herpetologists, Cogger was President from 1971 to 1973. The genus Coggeria was named in his honour, based on a skink endemic to Fraser Island.
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Chronology
- 1952 - 1955
- Career position - Cadet Preparator, Australian Museum
- 1959
- Education - BSc, University of Sydney
- 1961
- Education - MSc, University of Sydney
- 1962 - 1977
- Career position - Curator of reptiles and amphibians, Australian Museum
- 1964
- Career position - Foundation Member, Australian Society of Herpetologists
- 1969 - 1970
- Career position - Vice- President, Australian Society of Herpetologists
- 1970
- Education - PhD, Macquarie University
- 1971 - 1973
- Career position - President, Australian Society of Herpetologists
- 1972 - 1973
- Career position - President, Linnean Society of New South Wales
- 1974
- Career position - Vice- President, Australian Society of Herpetologists
- 1977
- Award - DSc honoris causa, University of Sydney
- 1977 - 1995
- Career position - Deputy Director, Australian Museum
- 1991 - 1993
- Career position - Member, Australian Biological Diversity Advisory Committee
- 1991 - 2000
- Career position - Chairman, Australasian Reptile and Amphibians Specialist Group, International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
- 1992 - 1993
- Career position - Chair, Advisory Committee, Australian Biological Resources Study
- 1995
- Life event - Retired
- 1996 -
- Award - Honorary Life Member, Australian Herpetological Society
- 1996
- Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in recognition of service to the science of herpetology as Deputy Director of the Australian Museum and as author of several standard works on herpetology including Reptiles and amphibians of Australia
- 1997 - 2001
- Career position - Conjoint Professor, School of Science and Mathematics, University of Newcastle
- 2003
- Award - Whitley Award in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the promotion of Australian zoology
- 2010 -
- Award - Fellow, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Related entries
Published resources
Books
- Cogger, Harold G., Reptiles and amphibians of Australia (Sydney: Reed, 1975), 584 pp. Details
Journal Articles
- Dickman, Chris R., 'New Fellows of the Royal Zoological Society of NSW: 2010 [Harold Cogger and Michael Calver]', Australian zoologist, 35 (4) (2011), 991-5. Details
See also
- Shea, Glenn M., 'From lineages to webs: a history of the Australian Society of Herpetologists', Australian Journal of Zoology, 62 (2014), 431-47. Details
Helen Cohn
Created: 21 June 2022