Gillian King
Encyclopedia
Gillian King has worked in teaching and research in paleontology
, as Assistant Curator
at the Zoological Collections at Oxford University Museum, and a Fellow and Tutor as St Hilda's College
, Oxford. She spent 15 years at Oxford and five years at the South African Museum in Cape Town
, where she specialised in dicynodont
s. She also has degrees from Oxford and a qualification in training and development.
She moved to Cambridge, and is currently an administrator at the University of Cambridge
and a Fellow of Newnham College. She has worked with staff and undergraduates as a trainer for the national Springboard women's development programme.
Paleontology
Paleontology "old, ancient", ὄν, ὀντ- "being, creature", and λόγος "speech, thought") is the study of prehistoric life. It includes the study of fossils to determine organisms' evolution and interactions with each other and their environments...
, as Assistant Curator
Curator
A curator is a manager or overseer. Traditionally, a curator or keeper of a cultural heritage institution is a content specialist responsible for an institution's collections and involved with the interpretation of heritage material...
at the Zoological Collections at Oxford University Museum, and a Fellow and Tutor as St Hilda's College
St Hilda's College, Oxford
St Hilda's College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England.The college was founded in 1893 as a hall for women, and remained an all-women's college until 2006....
, Oxford. She spent 15 years at Oxford and five years at the South African Museum in Cape Town
Cape Town
Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...
, where she specialised in dicynodont
Dicynodont
Dicynodontia is a taxon of anomodont therapsids or mammal-like reptiles. Dicynodonts were small to large herbivorous animals with two tusks, hence their name, which means 'two dog tooth'...
s. She also has degrees from Oxford and a qualification in training and development.
She moved to Cambridge, and is currently an administrator at the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
and a Fellow of Newnham College. She has worked with staff and undergraduates as a trainer for the national Springboard women's development programme.
Partial bibliography
- Gillian M. King, 1988 "Anomodontia" Part 17 C, Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology, Gutsav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart and New York,
- ----- 1990, The Dicynodonts: A Study in Palaeobiology, Chapman and Hall, London and New York