Tim Ealey

Eric Herbert Mitchell "Tim" Ealey, 29 March 1927 ^[1] - 21 October 2020, was an Australian biologist, known for his contributions to science, the environment and conservation awareness and was the recipient of a Medal of the Order of Australia. Ealey has received international recognition for his works, and nationally acknowledged for a program that involved schools in rehabilitation of the environment.^[2] Ealey was commemorated in the specific epithet of a tiny marsupial, Ningaui timealeyi, he discovered in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.^[3] Amongst his works was research on the monotreme family of Tachyglossidae, the species of echidnas.^[1] Ealey worked for the Antarctic Division in the 1950s, researching the fauna of Heard Island. ^[4][5] The Ealey Glacier there is named after him.

References

1. "Ealey, Eric Herbert Mitchell (Tim)". Records Archives. Monash University.
2. O'Brien, K. (9 June 2008). "Ealey receives Order of Australia medal". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
3. Archer, M. (1975). "Ningaui, a new genus of tiny dasyurids (Marsupialia) and two new species, N. timealeyi and N. ridei, from arid Western Australia". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 17: 237–249.
4. Burstall, T. (2012). The Memoirs of a Young Bastard: The Diaries of Tim Burstall, November 1953 to December 1954. The Miegunyah Press. p. 321. ISBN 9780522858143.
5. "Vale Dr Tim Ealey OAM 29 March 1927 - 21 October 2020". Monash University. Retrieved 2 December 2022.