Graham Turbott
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Evan Graham Turbott QSO (27 May 1914 – 12 December 2014) was a New Zealand ornithologist, zoologist, and museum administrator. He served as director of the Auckland Institute and Museum from 1964 to 1979.
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Graham Turbott | |
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Born | Evan Graham Turbott (1914-05-27)27 May 1914 Stanley Bay, New Zealand |
Died | 12 December 2014(2014-12-12) (aged 100) Auckland, New Zealand |
Alma mater | Auckland University College (MSc) |
Spouse |
Olwyn Mary Rutherford
(m. 1940; died 1994) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Ornithology, zoology |
Institutions | Auckland War Memorial Museum Canterbury Museum |
Thesis | Some observations on the distribution and anatomy of Leiopelma hochstetteri Fitzinger (1937) |
Relatives | Ian Turbott (brother) |
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