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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn updated 2026-05-21 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001254b.htm person Glauert Ludwig AACR2 5 May 1879 1 February 1963 Place of Birth Ecclesall, Yorkshire, England Place of Death Perth, Western Australia, Australia Museum director Palaeontologist Ludwig Glauert was a geologist and palaeontologist who became Director of the Western Australian Museum 1954 - 1956 after many years as Curator of Biological Collections. For much of his time at the Museum, Glauert worked with minimal staff and funds. On arrival in Western Australia in 1908 he joined the Mines Department but in 1910 was seconded to the Museum to work on the Pleistocene fossils in the Mammoth Cave in the State's southwest. This enormous deposit included 34 species of Australia's extinct megafauna including the giant echidna and marsupial lion. Other research carried out by Glauert was on shakes and fishes, and he was recognised as an authority on scorpions. Glauert was an active member of local scientific societies and served as President of the Royal Society of Western Australia and the Western Australian Naturalists Club. 1900 1900 Career position - Fellow, Geological Society of London 1908 1908 Life event - Migrated to Australia 1908 1909 Career position - Secretary, Natural History and Science Society of Western Australia 1908 1910 Career position - Geologist, Western Australian Mines Department 1909 1912 Career position - Member of Council, Natural History and Science Society of Western Australia 1910 1914 Career position - Scientific Assistant to the Director, Western Australian Museum 1914 1920 Career position - Keeper of Geology and Ethnology, Western Australian Museum 1920 1954 Career position - Keeper (later Curator) of Biological Collections, Western Australian Museum 1924 1946 Career position - Founding Member, Western Australian Naturalists Club 1929 1930 Career position - President, Western Australian Naturalists Club 1933 1934 Career position - President, Royal Society of Western Australia 1945 1945 Award - Kelvin Medal, Royal Society of Western Australia 1946 1963 Award - Fellow, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1946 1963 Award - Life Member Western Australian Naturalists Club 1947 1949 Career position - President, Royal Society of Western Australia 1948 1948 Award - Australian Natural History Medallion, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria 1951 1963 Career position - Patron, Western Australian Naturalists Club 1953 1963 Award - Honorary Life Member, Royal Society of Western Australia 1954 1957 Career position - Director, Western Australian Museum 1957 1957 Life event - Retired 1960 1960 Award - Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) Natural History and Science Society of Western Australia (1909 - 1913)

Secretary 1908 - 1909; Member of Council 1909 - 1912

 Medal of the Royal Society of Western Australia (1924 - )

Awarded the Medal 1945

 Western Australian Museum (1891 - )

Director 1954 - 1957; Keeper (later Curator)of Biological Collections 1920 - 1954; Keeper of Geology and Ethnology 1914 - 1920; Seconded to work on Pleistocene fossils, 1910 - 1914;

 Royal Society of Western Australia (1914 - )

President 1933 - 1934 and 1947 - 1949; Honorary Life Member 1953 - 1963

 Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales (1879 - )

Fellow 1946 - 1963

 Australian Natural History Medallion, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria (1940 - )

Awarded the Medallion 1948

 Western Australian Naturalists Club (1924 - )

Foundation Member 1924 - 1946; President 1929 - 1930: awarded Life Membership 1946 - 1963; Patron 1951 - 1963

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 Glauert, Ludwig (1879-1963)

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 'Glauert, Ludwig', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Glauert, Ludwig Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Obituary: L. Glauert, MBE Serventy, D. L. Obituary: L. Glauert, MBE 1963 Western Australian Naturalist 8 8 189-193 Journal Article: L. Glauert. [obituary of Ludwig Glauert, Director Emeritus of the Western Australian Museum] Serventy, Donimic Louis L. Glauert. [obituary of Ludwig Glauert, Director Emeritus of the Western Australian Museum] 1963 Emu 63 1 74-75 Book Section: Glauert, Ludwig (1879-1963), museum curator Jenkins, C.F.H. Glauert, Ludwig (1879-1963), museum curator Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1983 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 9: 1891 - 1939 Gil-Las Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 25-26 Journal Article: Ludwig Glauert - Museum Director and Naturalist Serventy, D. L. Ludwig Glauert - Museum Director and Naturalist 1957 Western Australian Naturalist 5 148-165 Book: A handbook of the snakes of Western Australia Glauert, L.: with illustrations by Olive Seymour A handbook of the snakes of Western Australia Perth Western Australian Naturalists Club 1950 Journal Article: The Ornithological Collecting of Dr. L. Preiss in 1839 Glauert, L. The Ornithological Collecting of Dr. L. Preiss in 1839 1948 Western Australian Naturalist 1 147-148 Book Section: A history of ornithology at the Western Australian Museum Johnstone, R. E. A history of ornithology at the Western Australian Museum Cambridge, Mass. Nuttall Ornithological Club 2008 Contributions to the History of Australasian Ornithology Davis, William E.; Recher, Harry E.; Boles, Walter E.; and Jackson, Jerome A. 165-98 Ludwig Glauert - Records Western Australian Museum Ludwig Glauert - Records 1910 - 1957 Museum personal files 1910-57. Correspondence, documents, lists of specimens, loans, disposals, purchases in the following areas: palaeontology 1914-50 (also notes by Woodwards, Ride and others); anthropology 1920-50; museology, galleries, and meetings 1920-50; talks 1939-41 (some undated); killing of whales 1951-54, correspondence with Mr Boyce 1946-47; mammals; minerals; press cuttings of articles written by Glauert [access through library]. See also Museum Section B Archives, under Directorate files [D.A1/76 1945-47 and D.A1/76 1947-60]. 7 boxes