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'{{distinguish|Charlie Hedley}} '''Charles Hedley''' (27 February 1862 – 14 September 1926) was a [[Natural science|naturalist]], specifically a [[malacologist]]. Born in Britain, he spent most of his life in [[Australia]]. He was the winner of the 1925 [[Clarke Medal]]. [[File:Charles Hedley signature.jpg|thumb|Signature of Charles Hedley.]] {{delete| this page should be deleted as it clashes with a business clothing website and isn't correct }} {{delete| this page should be deleted as it clashes with a business clothing website and isn't correct }} ==Study of molluscs== Hedley made Sydney his home for the rest of his life. In April 1891 he joined the [[Australian Museum]] staff as assistant in charge of land shells, and about five years later was appointed [[conchology|conchologist]]. Early in 1896 the local committee of the "[[Funafuti]] Coral Reef Boring Expedition of the Royal Society" (London) suggested to the trustees of the Australian museum that one of their officers should accompany the expedition, and Hedley was selected. He left in May, and during his stay on Funafuti made an interesting collection, particularly of Invertebrate and Ethnological objects. The descriptions of these were published in ''Memoir III of the Australian Museum Sydney'' between 1896 and 1900. Hedley himself was responsible for the "General Account of the Atoll of Funafuti", "The Ethnology of Funafuti" and "The Mollusca of Funafuti". In 1901 with [[Ernest Clayton Andrews]] Hedley examined the Queensland coast and [[Great Barrier Reef]]. He also contributed two articles in 1902 and 1903 on the "Mollusca" included in the ''Scientific Results of the Trawling Expedition of H.M.C.S. "Thetis"'', published as ''Memoir IV of the Australian Museum Sydney''.<ref name="Serle"/> Hedley collaborated with [[William Aitcheson Haswell|Professor William A. Haswell]] and [[Joseph Cooke Verco|Sir Joseph Verco]] in investigating the continental shelf and co-operated with the Commonwealth Advisory Council of Science and Industry.<ref>Denis Fairfax, '[http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090259b.htm Hedley, Charles (1862 - 1926)]', [[Australian Dictionary of Biography]], Volume 9, [[Melbourne University Press|MUP]], 1983, pp 252-253. Retrieved 13 March 2009</ref> ==Further travel and Australian Museum== Hedley was a keen explorer and visited most of the coast of eastern Australia, and the [[Gulf of Carpentaria]], New Guinea, [[New Caledonia]], and the [[Tuvalu|Ellice Group]]. In later life he visited [[Canada]] and [[Alaska]] (1922), and [[Africa]] (1925). His chief interest was in the study of the [[Great Barrier Reef]]. He had become assistant curator of the Australian museum in 1908 and in 1920 he succeeded [[Robert Etheridge, Junior]] as principal keeper of collections. During this time he worked with [[Joyce Allan]], from whom he obtained illustrations for his scientific papers.<ref name="ADB 1993">{{cite web|last1=McMichael|first1=D. F.|title=Allan, Catherine Mabel Joyce (1896–1966)|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/allan-catherine-mabel-joyce-9329/text16377|website=Australian Dictionary of Biography|publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University|accessdate=8 November 2015}}</ref> He resigned in 1925 to become scientific director of the Great Barrier Reef Investigation Committee. Between April and August 1926 he was supervising the sinking of a bore on [[Michaelmas Reef]] near Cairns, and he returned to Sydney in August intending to visit [[Japan]] in connexion with the third Pan-Pacific Science Congress. Not being well he decided to abandon the journey, and though it was hoped that a rest would restore his health, he died suddenly on 14 September 1926. He married and left a widow and an adopted daughter.<ref name="Serle"/> ==Awards and achievements== Hedley was on the council of the [[Linnean Society of New South Wales]] from 1897 to 1924 and was president from 1909 to 1911; he was on the council for 16 years of the [[Royal Society of New South Wales]] and was president in 1914; he was a vice-president of the [[Malacological Society of London]] from 1923. He was awarded the David Syme prize in 1916, and in 1925 received the [[Clarke Medal]] from the Royal Society of New South Wales. A man of invariable courtesy and kindliness, held in the highest regard by contemporary scientists, his knowledge was always at the disposal of younger naturalists and visiting scientists. His work, and especially in regard to the zoo-geographical history of the [[Pacific Ocean]], gave him a high place among Australian zoologists. A list of 156 published research papers written by Hedley, and 15 in association with others, was printed in 1924.<ref name="Serle"/> == Bibliography == * Hedley C. 1892. [http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_25/rsnz_25_00_002380.html ''Art. XVIII.—An Enumeration of the Janellidae'']. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Volume 25, pages 156-162. * 1896-1900 [https://archive.org/details/atolloffunafutie00austiala The atoll of Funafuti, Ellice group: its zoology, botany, ethnology, and general structure based on collections made by Mr. Charles Hedley, of the Australian museum, Sydney, N.S.W'']. Sydney. - Parts written by Charles Hedley include: ** Hedley C. 1896. Part I. - ''I. General account of the atoll of Funafuti''. 1-72. ** Hedley C. 1897. Part IV. - ''XI. The Ethnology of Funafuti" and "The Mollusca of Funafuti''. 227-306. ** Hedley C. 1899. Part VII. - ''XVII. The Mollusca of Funafuti Part I.'' 395-488. ** Hedley C. 1899. Part VIII. - ''XVIII. The Mollusca of Funafuti Part II.'' 489-511. ** Hedley C. 1899. Part IX. - ''XVII. The Mollusca of Funafuti (Supplement).'' 547-570. * Hedley C. 1905. [http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_38/rsnz_38_00_000700.html ''Art. XVI.—Results of [[Marine biology dredge|Dredging]] on the Continental Shelf of New Zealand'']. Webster, W. H., Volume 38, 68-76. * Hedley C. 1911. ''Part I. Mollusca.'' [https://archive.org/stream/britishantarctic12britrich#page/n375/mode/2up Pages 1]-8, [https://archive.org/stream/britishantarctic12britrich#page/10/mode/2up plate 1]. In: Murray J (ed.) 1911. [https://archive.org/details/britishantarctic12britrich Vol. II. Biology.] ''[[Nimrod Expedition|British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-9]], under the command of Sir [[E.H. Shackleton]], c.v.o. Reports on the scientific investigations''. London. * [https://archive.org/details/proceedingsoflin39linn Hedley C. (1915), Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part XII; Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 39] * Hedley C. 1916. ''Part V. Report on Mollusca. From Elevated Marine Beds, "Raised Beaches," of McMurdo Sound.'' [https://archive.org/stream/britishantarctic22britrich#page/n123/mode/2up pages 85]-88. In: Benson W. L. et al. 1916. [https://archive.org/details/britishantarctic22britrich ''Geology. Vol. II.] British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-9, under the command of Sir E.H. Shackleton, c.v.o. Reports on the scientific investigations''. London. * [https://archive.org/details/recordsofaustral13aust Charles Hedley, A revision of the Australian Turridae; Records of the Australian Museum 13 (1922)] {{Expand section|date=December 2009}} ==References== This article incorporates public domain text from reference <ref name="Serle">{{Dictionary of Australian Biography|First=Charles|Last=Hedley|shortlink=0-dict-biogHa-He.html#hedley1|accessdate=2009-03-13}}</ref> {{reflist}} == External links == * [http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-405073.html Works by Charles Hedley] at the [[New Zealand Electronic Text Centre]] {{s-start}} {{s-ach|aw}} {{s-bef|before=[[Joseph Maiden]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Clarke Medal]]|years=1925}} {{s-aft|after=[[Andrew Gibb Maitland]]}} {{s-end}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2011}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hedley, Charles}} [[Category:1862 births]] [[Category:1926 deaths]] [[Category:Australian malacologists]] [[Category:Australian zoologists]] [[Category:English emigrants to Australia]] [[Category:People educated at Eastbourne College]] [[Category:Members of the Linnean Society of New South Wales]] [[Category:Royal Society of Queensland]]'