Professor Albert Russell Main CBE (born 1919) is a retired Australia

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n zoologist.

Born in Perth

Perth, Western Australia

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, Western Australia

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, he studied zoology at The University of Western Australia. He served in the Australian Imperial Force

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 and the Royal Australian Air Force

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 during World War II

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, but later returned to zoology, qualifying as a Doctor of Philosophy

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 in 1956, and becoming a Professof of Zoology in 1967. He was received many honours for his contribution to zoology including the Mueller Medal, the Gold Medal of the Australian Ecological Society, a CBE

CBE

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, and a Royal Society of Western Australia

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 Medal. He is married to arachnologist Barbara York Main.