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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2025-07-29 human Helen Cohn updated 2026-03-17 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007792b.htm person Scott Eric Oswald Gale AACR2 23 October 1899 1986 Place of Birth Launceston, Tasmania, Australia Place of Death Tasmania, Australia Teacher Museum director Ichthyologist Eric Scott was an ichthyologist whose career started as a science teacher in schools in northern Tasmania. In 1930 he was appointed Assistant Director of the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, where his father Herbert was Curator. In this role Eric took much of the administrative burden from Herbert, while the two men wrote weekly newspaper articles. Eric ran into trouble in 1942, and resigned from the Museum, because of his pacifist views. While some of his early research was in herpetology, for over 50 years he concentrated on fishes. With Peter Last and Frank Talbot he wrote the landmark Fishes of Tasmania (1983). Scott's connection with the Museum was restored in 1965 when he was appointed Honorary Associate in ichthyology. In 1987 he was awarded posthumously the Royal Society of Tasmania Medal for his distinguished research in zoology. 1918 1923 Career event - Science teacher, Launceston and Devonport high schools 1924 1925 Life event - Travelling in Europe 1925 1929 Career position - Science and mathematics teacher, Scotch College, Launceston 1930 1938 Career position - Assistant Curator, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery 1931 1937 Career position - Honorary Secretary, Royal Society of Tasmania 1933 1933 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Tasmania 1938 1938 Award - Carnegie Corporation of New York grant to study museum and art gallery methods and developments in the U.S.A., England and Europe November 1938 August 1942 Career position - Curator, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery 1939 1943 Career position - Honorary Secretary, Royal Society of Tasmania 1949 1964 Career event - Taught language and science at private schools in Launceston 1965 Career position - Honorary Associate in ichthyology, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery 1987 1987 Award - Royal Society of Tasmania Medal (posthumous) for distinguished research in zoology Talbot, Frank Hamilton (1930 - 2024) Scott, Herbert Hedley (1866 - 1938) Royal Society of Tasmania Medal (1927 - )

Awarded the Medal (posthumously) 1987

 Royal Society of Tasmania (1843 - )

Honorary Secretary 1931 - 1937, 1939 - 1943

 Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, City of Launceston (1891 - )

Curator 1938 - 1942; Honorary Associate in ichthyology 1965 -

 'Scott, Eric Oswald Gale', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Scott, Eric Oswald Gale Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: A new Hyla from Cradle Valley, Tasmania Scott, E. O. G. A new <span style="font-style:italic">Hyla</span> from Cradle Valley, Tasmania 1942 Records of the Queen Victoria museum 1:5-11 1 5-11 Journal Article: Notes on the gobies recorded from Tasmania, with description of a new genus Scott, E. O. G. Notes on the gobies recorded from Tasmania, with description of a new genus 1934 Papers and proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1934 47-62 Journal Article: Observations on some Tasmanian fishes, part III Scott, E. O. G. Observations on some Tasmanian fishes, part III 1935 Papers and proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1935 113-29 Book: Fishes of Tasmania Last, P. R., Scott, E. O. G. and Talbot, F. H. Fishes of Tasmania Hobart Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority 1983 Resource Section: Scott, Eric Oswald (1899 - 1986), teacher, museum director, ichthyologist and pacifist Hamilton, Rhonda Scott, Eric Oswald (1899 - 1986), teacher, museum director, ichthyologist and pacifist Carlton, Vic Melbourne University Press 2012 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 18: 1981 - 1990 L-Z Melanie Nolan