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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2001-03-22 human Rosanne Walker and Helen Cohn updated 2024-10-08 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P003178b.htm person Morgan Alexander Matheson AACR2 11 February 1867 18 October 1934 Place of Birth Mitcham, South Australia, Australia Physician Ornithologist Alexander Morgan was a physician who, after qualifying MS BS at the University of Adelaide, practiced in the South Australian towns of Laura and Stone until 1898, and then Adelaide until c.1907. After a period in the United Kingdom as an occulist, he returned to Adelaide where he remained in practice until retiring. Morgan was an enthusiastic ornithologist and played a leading role in the local ornithological societies for many years, including as an early member of the Royal Australasian Ornithological Union, and serving five terms as President of the South Australian Ornithological Association. He was Honorary Ornithologist at the South Australian Institute from 1922. In 1927 he donated to the Institute his collection of avian osteological specimens, with a further donation in 1934 of his oological collection and about 500 bird-skins. Morgan also was a member of the Flora and Fauna Board of South Australia. 1899 1899 Career position - Founding member, South Australian Ornithological Association 1899 1901 Career position - President, South Australian Ornithological Association 1907 1908 Career position - President, South Australian Ornithological Association 1908 1909 Career position - President, South Australian Branch, British Medical Association 1916 1917 Career position - President, South Australian Ornithological Association 1922 1934 Career position - Honorary Ornithologist, South Australian Institute 1925 1926 Career position - President, South Australian Ornithological Association 1927 1927 Career position - Founding Fellow, College of Surgeons of Australasia 1929 1934 Career position - Corresponding Fellow, American Ornithologists Union 1931 1932 Career position - President, South Australian Ornithological Association Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) (1927 - )

Founding Fellow, College of Surgeons of Australasia 1927

 South Australian Ornithological Association (1899 - )

Founding Member 1899; President 1899-- 1901, 1907 - 1908, 1916 - 1917, 1925 - 1926 and 1931 - 1932

 South Australian Institute (1856 - 1940)

Honorary Ornithologist 1922 - 1934; Morgan donated to the Institute his collections of avian osteological specimens (1927), and bird skins and eggs (1934)

 British Medical Association, South Australian Branch (1879 - 1962)

President 1908 - 1909

 Morgan, A M (1867-1934)

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