P000628 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

All key entry types: Awards; Concepts; Corporate Bodies (Organisations); Cultural Artefacts; People; etc

These key entries are listed separately below with other indexes and lists.

 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2024-12-03 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000628b.htm person Mathews Gregory Macalister CBE FRSE AACR2 10 September 1876 27 March 1949 Place of Birth Biamble, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Winchester, England Ornithologist Gregory Mathews, who was born in New South Wales, came under the influence of R. Bowdler Sharpe at the British Museum in the early 1900s and thereafter endeavoured to produce an exhaustive work on Australian birds. This was published in 12 volumes as The Birds of Australia between 1910 and 1927. [10 September 1876] [27 March 1949] Career position - Cattle Station, North Queensland, Australia [10 September 1876] [27 March 1949] Career position - Orchadist, New South Wales [10 September 1876] [27 March 1949] Award - Fellow, American Ornithologists Union, United States of America [10 September 1876] [27 March 1949] Award - Fellow, Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE) [10 September 1876] [27 March 1949] Education - The Kings School, Parramatta, Australia 1902 Life event - Travelled to England 1910 1927 Career position - Author, Birds of Australia 12 Volumes, Bibliography, checklist and two supplements. 1911 1923 Career position - Studied Australian Birds collecting 30,000 specimens and 5,000 books relating to them 1912 1927 Career position - Editor and Publisher, Australian Avian Record 1914 Life event - Visited Australia and the United States of America 1920s 1920s Career event - Sold physical specimens to Lord Rothschild, now housed in the American Museum of Natural History, New York, United State of America 1935 1938 Career Position - Chairman, British Ornithologists' Club, Great Britain 1939 Award - Fellow, Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union, Australia and New Zealand 1939 1939 Award - Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE), Great Britain 1939 1945 Career position - Presented and supervised the housing of his Library at the National Library of Australia, Australia 1939 1946 Life event - Visited Australia 1946 1947 Career position - President, Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union, Australia and New Zealand Cleland, John Burton (1878 - 1971) Iredale, Tom (1880 - 1972) White, Samuel Albert (1870 - 1954) Mathews, Robert Hamilton (1841 - 1918) Barnard, Charles Ashmale (1867 - 1942) Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union (1910 - 1997) 1939

Gregory Mathews was elected a Fellow of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union in 1939, and served as its President from 1946 - 1947.

 Mathews, Hamilton Bartlett (1873 - 1959)

Wikidata

VIAF - Virtual International Authority File

 Mathews, Gregory M (18760910-19490327)

Trove

 'Mathews, Gregory Macalister', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Mathews, Gregory Macalister Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: The Mathews Collection and the Birds of Australia Schodde, Richard The Mathews Collection and the Birds of Australia 2000 National Library of Australia News February 2000 3-6 Resource: Papers of G. M. Mathews Papers of G. M. Mathews National Library of Australia 2003 Book Section: Mathews, Gregory Macalister (1876-1949), ornithologist Kloot, Tess Mathews, Gregory Macalister (1876-1949), ornithologist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1986 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 10: 1891 - 1939 Lat-Ner Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 441-442 Journal Article: Gregory Macalister Mathews: Taxonomist Extraordinaire Walker, Rosanne Gregory Macalister Mathews: Taxonomist Extraordinaire 2000 Australasian Science 21 6 46 Journal Article: John Gould: an appreciation Mathews, Gregory M. John Gould: an appreciation 1938 Emu 38 2 239-40 Book: The birds of Australia: bibliography of the birds of Australia: books used in the preparation of this work with a few biographical details of authors and collectors Mathews, G. M. The birds of Australia: bibliography of the birds of Australia: books used in the preparation of this work with a few biographical details of authors and collectors London H. F. & G. Witherby 1925 Journal Article: G. J. Broinowski Mathews, G. M. G. J. Broinowski 1941 Emu 41 Book: Birds and Books. the Story of Mathews Ornithological Library Mathews, G. M. Birds and Books. the Story of Mathews Ornithological Library Canberra Verity Hewitt 1942 Journal Article: Thomas Carter Mathews, Gregory M. Thomas Carter 1919 Austral avian record 3 7 167-74 Journal Article: Gould as a systematist Mathews, Gregory M.; and Iredale, Tom Gould as a systematist 1938 Emu 38 2 172-5 Journal Article: Captain Thomas Brown, Ornithologist Mathews, G.M.; and Iredale, T. Captain Thomas Brown, Ornithologist 1922 The Australian Avian Record 4 176-194 Journal Article: Thomas Watling, artist Mathews, Gregory M and Iredale, Tom Thomas Watling, artist 1922 Austral avian record 5 1 22-31 Journal Article: A list of the species of Australian birds described by John Gould, with the locations of the type specimens Stone, Witmer; in conjunction with Mathews, Gregory M. A list of the species of Australian birds described by John Gould, with the locations of the type specimens 1913 Austral avian record 1 6/7 129-80 Journal Article: Diggles' ornithology of Australia and other works Mathews, Gregory M. Diggles' ornithology of Australia and other works 1915 Austral avian record 2 7 137-53 Journal Article: Silvester Diggles, ornithologist Mathews, Gregory M. Silvester Diggles, ornithologist 1917 Austral avian record 3 4 98-108 Journal Article: Alfred John North, ornithologist: an appreciation Mathews, Gregory M. Alfred John North, ornithologist: an appreciation 1918 Austral avian record 3 6 129-33 Journal Article: Samuel Albert White Mathews, Gregory M. Samuel Albert White 1919 Austral avian record 3 7 162-6 Journal Article: Gregory M. Mathews (1876-1949) Iredale, T. Gregory M. Mathews (1876-1949) 1948 Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1948/9 16-20 Journal Article: The Work of Gregory Mathews, Ornithologist Iredale, T. The Work of Gregory Mathews, Ornithologist 1940 Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales August 31-33 Journal Article: Gregory M. Mathews, C.B.E. Kinnear, N. B. Gregory M. Mathews, C.B.E. 1949 Ibis 91 521-4 Journal Article: Taxonomic trends in Australian ornithology - with special reference to the work of Gregory Mathews Serventy, D. Taxonomic trends in Australian ornithology - with special reference to the work of Gregory Mathews 1950 Emu 49 4 257-67 Journal Article: Gregory M. Mathews Bryant, C. E. Gregory M. Mathews 1949 Emu 49 2 145-8 Book: The Flight of the Emu: a Hundred Years of Australian Ornithology 1901-2001 Robin, Libby The Flight of the Emu: a Hundred Years of Australian Ornithology 1901-2001 Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2001 Edited Book: Contributions to the history of Australasian ornithology, volume IV Davis, William E.; Boles, Walter E.; and Recher, Harry F. Contributions to the history of Australasian ornithology, volume IV Cambridge, Massachusetts Nuttall Ornithological Club 2018 Gregory Macalister Mathews - Records State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection Gregory Macalister Mathews - Records 1890 - 1949 Information in the records of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union c1890-1949. Gregory Macalister Mathews - Records National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection Gregory Macalister Mathews - Records MS 1465 1900 - 1949 Manuscript and typescript material relating to Mathews's published and projected work including photographs and original drawings, offprints of articles, press-cutting books 1910-43 and photographs; correspondence 1928-35, 1929, and personal letters and papers; overall dates c1900-49. Also includes some papers of Roy Bell, T. H. Bowyer-Bower, Sylvester Diggles, John Gould, G. R. Gray, Tome Iredale, Richard Bowdler Sharpe and C. J. Temminck. 4.1 m