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Gilbert Percy Whitley

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in 1934 and where he served as president during 1940–41, 1959–60 and 1973–74. He also edited its publications from 1947 to 1971.
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Whitley migrated with his family to Sydney in 1921 and he joined the staff of the Australian Museum in 1922 while studying
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1979 – Commemorated by the establishment, by the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, of the
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for excellence in zoological publications relating to the fauna of the
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Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018).
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Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018).
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People educated at King Edward VI School, Southampton
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British born Australian ichythyologist and zoologist
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Index

Australian
ichthyologist
malacologist
Australian Museum
Sydney
Swaythling
Southampton
England
King Edward VI School, Southampton
Royal Naval College, Osborne
zoology
Sydney Technical College
University of Sydney
Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Fellow
Australian Natural History Medallion
Field Naturalists Club of Victoria
W.B. Clarke Medal
Royal Society of New South Wales
Whitley Awards
Australasian
Diaphus whitleyi
Fowler
lanternfish
Pacific Ocean
Psednos whitleyi
Stein
Chernova
Andriashev
snailfish

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