Oliver L. Austin
Oliver L. Austin Jr., (1903-1988) was an ornithologist who wrote the definitive study Birds of the World. He was the curator emeritus of ornithology at the Florida Museum of Natural History. [1]
In 1931 he was elected to the American Ornithologists' Union and was the editor of their journal The Auk from 1968 to 1977.
He was a graduate of Wesleyan University, and had a PhD from Harvard University. After serving in the US Navy in World War II he went to Japan. He worked there in the Allied Military Government.
In addition to Birds of the World, he also wrote famous studies of birds in both Japan and the Republic of Korea.[2]
References
- ^ In Memoriam: Oliver L. Austin Jr. An obituary by Mary H. Clench and J. William Hardy in The Auk, Vol. 106, No. 4 (Oct., 1989), pp. 706-709 published by University of California Press on behalf of the American Ornithologists' Union
- ^ Oliver L. Austin, 85, Ornithologist, Is Dead Published Wednesday, January 4, 1989 Obituary New York Times
Bibliography
Austin, Oliver L. (1948) The Birds of Korea, Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College
Austin, Oliver L. (1953) The Birds of Japan,: Their status and distribution, Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College
Austin, Oliver L. (1961) Birds of the World: Birds of the world; a survey of the twenty-seven orders and one hundred and fifty-five families. Illustrated by Arthur Singer. Edited by Herbert S. Zim, New York, Golden Press; 1st Edition
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