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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn updated 2026-01-15 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000665b.htm person Murray Patrick Desmond Fitzgerald FAA AACR2 18 June 1900 17 May 1967 Place of Birth Dorchester, Dorset, England Place of Death at sea Zoologist Patrick Murray was appointed Challis professor of zoology at the University of Sydney in 1949 and resigned in 1960. He then took up a readership in zoology (later, research fellow) at the University of New England where he specialized in experimental embryology. Prior to these two posts Murray worked overseas at many prestigious institutes including the Strangeways Research Laboratory at the University of Cambridge (UK); the University of Freiburg (Germany); Bedford College for Women, University of London; and at St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical School. 1914 1914 Education - Entered St Ignatius' College in Riverview, New South Wales 1919? 1966 Career position - Member, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1922 1922 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Sydney 1922 1922 Education - Matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford, UK 1924 1924 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Oxford 1924 1926 Award - Linnean Macleay Fellow (Zoology), for study at the University of Sydney 1924 1929 Career position - Lecturer and Demonstrator in Zoology, University of Sydney 1924 1967 Award - Fellow, Linnean Society of New South Wales 1926 1926 Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Sydney 1926 1929 Career position - Lecturer in Zoology, University of Sydney 1929 c. 1930 Career position - Rockefeller Foundation Fellow, Universities of Cambridge (UK) and Freiburg (Germany) 1931 1935 Career position - Smithson Fellow of Natural Sciences, Strangeways Research Laboratory, Cambridge 1936 1936 Career event - Bones: a study of the development and structure of the vertebrate skeleton published 1938 1939 Career position - Demonstrator in Zoology, Bedford College for Women, University of London 1939 1949 Career position - Reader in Biology and Comparative Anatomy at St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical School, UK 1949 1960 Career position - Challis Professor of Zoology, University of Sydney 1950 1960 Career position - Trustee, Australian Museum 1954 1967 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA) 1954 1967 Award - Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1957 1957 Career position - President, Section D, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science 1960 1966 Career position - Reader, Department of Zoology, University of New England 1966 1967 Career position - Research Fellow, University of New England 1966 1967 Award - Life Member, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales The University of New England (1954 - )

Reader in Zoology 1960 - 1966; Research Fellow 1966 - 1967

 Linnean Society of New South Wales (1874 - )

Fellow 1924 - 1967

 Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )

Fellow 1954 - 1967

 Linnean Macleay Fellowship (1905 - )

Awarded the Fellowship (Zoology) 1924 - 1926

 Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS) (1930 - )

President, Section D 1957

 Australian Museum (1827 - )

Trustee 1950 - 1960

 Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales (1879 - )

Life Member 1966 - 1967

 The University of Sydney (1850 - ) 1924 1960

Challis Professor of Zoology 1960 - 1966

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 Murray, P D F (1900-1967)

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 'Murray, Patrick Desmond Fitzgerald', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Murray, Patrick Desmond Fitzgerald Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Murray, Patrick Desmond Fitzgerald (1900-1967), zoologist Wimborne, Brian Murray, Patrick Desmond Fitzgerald (1900-1967), zoologist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2000 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 15: 1940 - 1980 Kem-Pie John Ritchie 454-455 Journal Article: Patrick Desmond Fitzgerald Murray Rogers, W. P. Patrick Desmond Fitzgerald Murray 1968 Records of the Australian Academy of Science 1 3 71-76 Journal Article: Dr. P.D.F. Murray: obituary Dr. P.D.F. Murray: obituary 1967 Australian Zoologist 14 2 227 Book: Biology: an introduction to medical and other studies Murray, P. D. F. Biology: an introduction to medical and other studies London Macmillan 1950 Book: Bones: a study of development and structure of the vertebrate skeleton Murray, P. D. F. Bones: a study of development and structure of the vertebrate skeleton Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1936 Journal Article: Obituary: John McLuckie Murray, P. D. F.; and Crocker, R. L. Obituary: John McLuckie 1956 Australian Journal of Science 19 3 109-110 Journal Article: Obituaries [of Fellows] Obituaries [of Fellows] 1969 Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 102 1 96-97 Book: The first one hundred years of the Royal Zoological Society of N.S.W. 1879 - 1979 Prince, J. H. The first one hundred years of the Royal Zoological Society of N.S.W. 1879 - 1979 Sydney Royal Zoolgical Society of New South Wales 1979 Journal Article: Ian Murray Mackerras 1898-1980 Norris, K. R. Ian Murray Mackerras 1898-1980 1981 Historical Records of Australian Science 5 2 98-114 Patrick Desmond Fitzgerald Murray Patrick Desmond Fitzgerald Murray All rights reserved.

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