Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union Fellows
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The Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union
(RAOU) may elect somebody to the position of Fellow
, the highest grade of membership, for service to the RAOU and to ornithology
. Fellows of the RAOU are entitled to use the letters FRAOU after their name. There is a limit to the number of Fellows that may exist at any time and new Fellows are generally only elected when an existing one dies. In the following list those elected to the similar positions of Corresponding Members or Corresponding Fellows (CM) are included, although this does not appear to have occurred since the 1930s. Some past and present Fellows, following the years of their election, are:
Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union
The Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union, also known as Birds Australia, was founded in 1901 to promote the study and conservation of the native bird species of Australia and adjacent regions. This makes it Australia's oldest national birding association. It is also Australia's largest...
(RAOU) may elect somebody to the position of Fellow
Fellow
A fellow in the broadest sense is someone who is an equal or a comrade. The term fellow is also used to describe a person, particularly by those in the upper social classes. It is most often used in an academic context: a fellow is often part of an elite group of learned people who are awarded...
, the highest grade of membership, for service to the RAOU and to ornithology
Ornithology
Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the study of birds. Several aspects of ornithology differ from related disciplines, due partly to the high visibility and the aesthetic appeal of birds...
. Fellows of the RAOU are entitled to use the letters FRAOU after their name. There is a limit to the number of Fellows that may exist at any time and new Fellows are generally only elected when an existing one dies. In the following list those elected to the similar positions of Corresponding Members or Corresponding Fellows (CM) are included, although this does not appear to have occurred since the 1930s. Some past and present Fellows, following the years of their election, are:
- 1939 - Wilfred Backhouse AlexanderWilfred Backhouse AlexanderWilfred Backhouse Alexander was an English ornithologist and entomologist. He was the brother of Horace Alexander....
(1885-1965) - 1939 - Gregory Macalister Mathews CBE (1876-1949)
- 1939 - Ernst Walter MayrErnst MayrErnst Walter Mayr was one of the 20th century's leading evolutionary biologists. He was also a renowned taxonomist, tropical explorer, ornithologist, historian of science, and naturalist...
(CM) (USA) (1904-2005) - 1939 - Frank Alexander WetmoreAlexander WetmoreFrank Alexander Wetmore was an American ornithologist and avian paleontologist.-Life:Wetmore studied at the University of Kansas...
(CM) (USA) (1886-1978) - 1939 - Robert Cushman MurphyRobert Cushman MurphyRobert Cushman Murphy was an American ornithologist and former Lamont curator of birds for the American Museum of Natural History....
(CM) (USA) (1887-1973) - 1939 - Percy Roycroft LowePercy LowePercy Roycroft Lowe was an English surgeon and ornithologist.Lowe was born at Stamford, Lincolnshire and studied medicine at Jesus College, Cambridge. He served as a civil surgeon in the Second Boer War, and it was whilst in South Africa that he became interested in ornithology...
(CM) (UK) (1870-1948) - 1941 - Archibald George CampbellArchibald George CampbellArchibald George Campbell was an Australian orchardist and amateur ornithologist. He was the son of Archibald James Campbell. With his father, he was a founding member of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union and was President of the organisation 1934-1935. He was elected a Fellow of the...
(1880-1954) - 1941 - Alexander Hugh ChisholmAlexander Hugh ChisholmAlexander Hugh Chisholm was a noted Australian journalist, newspaper editor, author and amateur ornithologist. He was a member of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union , President of the RAOU 1939-1940, and Editor of its journal the Emu 1926-1928. He was elected a Fellow of the RAOU in 1941...
OBE (1890-1977) - 1949 - Sir Charles Frederic BelcherCharles Frederic BelcherSir Charles Frederic Belcher OBE was an Australian lawyer, author, British colonial jurist and amateur ornithologist.For much of his life he served the British Colonial Service in Africa and elsewhere. In 1930, he was appointed Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago, an office he held for the next...
OBE (1876-1970) - 1951 - Keith Alfred HindwoodKeith Alfred HindwoodKeith Alfred Hindwood was a Sydney-based Australian businessman and amateur ornithologist. He joined the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union in 1924, served as President 1944-1946, and was elected a Fellow of the RAOU in 1951...
(1904-1971) - 1951 - Dominic Louis ServentyDominic Louis ServentyDr Dominic Louis Serventy was an eminent Perth based Australian ornithologist. He was born at Brown Hill, Western Australia. He was educated at the University of Western Australia and Cambridge University to parents of Croatian origin. He was president of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists...
(1904-1988) - 1958 - Alan John (Jock) MarshallAlan John (Jock) MarshallAlan John Marshall was an Australian writer, academic and ornithologist.Marshall was born in Redfern, New South Wales. Despite having lost an arm in a shooting accident at the age of sixteen, he was active in several natural history expeditions, and had a distinguished service record during...
(1911-1967) - 1963 - Arnold Robert McGillArnold Robert McGillArnold Robert McGill OAM was a Sydney-based Australian businessman and amateur ornithologist. He was President of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union 1958-1959, and elected a Fellow of the RAOU in 1965. He was Assistant Editor of the RAOU journal, the Emu 1948-1969 and compiled indexes...
OAM (1905-1988) - 1965 - James Allen KeastJames Allen KeastProfessor James Allen Keast was an Australian ornithologist, and Professor of Biology at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Born in Turramurra, New South Wales, he performed war service 1941–45 in New Guinea and New Britain...
(1922-2009) - 1970 - Angus Hargreaves RobinsonAngus Hargreaves RobinsonAngus Hargreaves Robinson was the owner of a grazing property, 'Yanjettee', at Coolup, Western Australia, as well as being an amateur ornithologist. He made important studies of the birds on his property, including Australian Magpies and Magpie-larks...
(1907-1973) - 1970 - Wilson Roy WheelerWilson Roy WheelerWilson Roy Wheeler was an Australian postman and amateur ornithologist. He was an active bird bander and was convener of the Altona Survey Group, later part of the Victorian Ornithological Research Group. In 1965 he was awarded the Australian Natural History Medallion...
MBE (1905-1988) - 1973 - Herbert Thomas CondonHerbert Thomas CondonHerbert Thomas Condon was an Australian museum curator and ornithologist. He was born in Melbourne and attended the University of Adelaide...
(1912-1978) - 1973 - Sir Robert Alexander FallaRobert Alexander FallaSir Robert Alexander Falla was a New Zealand museum administrator and ornithologist.He was assistant zoologist with the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition under Sir Douglas Mawson 1929-1931. He was the founding President of the Ornithological Society of New Zealand...
CMG, KBE (1901-1979) - 1974 - Sir Charles Alexander Fleming OBE, KBE (1916-1987)
- 1974 - Harold James FrithHarold James FrithHarold James Frith AO was an Australian administrator and ornithologist. He was born at Kyogle, New South Wales and studied Agricultural Science at Sydney University. He first joined the CSIRO Division of Plant Industry but later transferred to the Division of Wildlife and carried out extensive...
AO, FAA, FTSE (1921-1982) - 1975 - Stephen MarchantStephen MarchantStephen Marchant AM was born in Shropshire, studied geology at Caius College, Cambridge, and worked in the oil exploration business in many countries, using the opportunities arising from his postings to study birdlife around the world. He wrote classic papers on the birds of the Red Sea,...
AM (1912-1903) - 1980 - Stephen John James Frank DaviesStephen John James Frank DaviesDr Stephen John James Frank Davies is an Australian administrator and ornithologist. He worked for the CSIRO Division of Wildlife Research in Western Australia 1964-1984. His carried out research on Emus and Magpie Geese. He is a member of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union , President...
- 1980 - Allan Reginald McEveyAllan Reginald McEveyAllan Reginald McEvey was a schoolteacher before becoming Curator of Ornithology at the National Museum of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia. In 1962-63 he participated in the first of the Harold Hall Australian ornithological collecting expeditions. He was President of the Royal Australasian...
(1919-1996) - 1981 - Pauline Reilly OAM (1918- )
- 1983 - Selwyn George (Bill) LaneSelwyn George (Bill) LaneSelwyn George Lane E.D. R.L. was an Australian amateur ornithologist who worked for the Sydney County Council for most of life until he retired in 1983. He joined the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union in 1947, was a State Representative for NSW on that body 1964-1967, and a Vice President...
(1922-2000) - 1989 - Ian Cecil Robert RowleyIan Cecil Robert RowleyIan Cecil Robert Rowley was an Australian ornithologist of Scottish origin. He was born in Edinburgh and educated at Wellington College and Cambridge University...
- 1989 - Henry Norman Burgess WettenhallHenry Norman Burgess WettenhallDr Henry Norman Burgess Wettenhall AM was an Australian paediatric endocrinologist, philanthropist, bibliophile and amateur ornithologist. He was a member of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union , President 1978-1983, and elected a Fellow of the RAOU in 1989...
AM (1915-2000) - 1990 - Brian Douglas BellBrian Douglas BellBrian Douglas Bell is a New Zealand environmental consultant and ornithologist. He worked for the New Zealand Wildlife Service 1957-1987 on the management and conservation of threatened species and was awarded the Queens Service Medal in 1984. He is a member of the Royal Australasian...
- 1991 - Norman ChafferNorman ChafferNorman Chaffer OAM, FRZS, RAOU was an Australian businessman, a bird photographer and an amateur ornithologist. He was a pioneer of colour cinematography and won many awards. He was a member of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union , President 1954-1955, and made a Fellow of the RAOU in 1991...
OAM (1899-1992) - 1992 - John WarhamJohn WarhamDr John Warham was an Australian and New Zealand photographer and ornithologist notable for his research on seabirds, especially petrels....
- 1993 - Margaret Alison CameronMargaret Alison CameronMargaret Alison Cameron AM, FRAOU is a noted Australian librarian, administrator, and amateur ornithologist. She was foundation librarian of Deakin University 1977-1996, and pro vice-chancellor of the University 1986-1990. She joined the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union in 1969 which she...
AM (1937- ) - 1998 - Clive Dudley Thomas MintonClive Dudley Thomas MintonClive Dudley Thomas Minton, AM is a metallurgist, administrator, management consultant and amateur ornithologist. His interest in birds began in childhood. He attended Oundle School and went on to complete a PhD degree in Metallurgy at the University of Cambridge. Although involved in studies...
AM (1934- ) - 2003 - Oliver Michael Griffiths NewmanOliver Michael Griffiths NewmanDr Oliver Michael Griffiths Newman is an Australian metallurgist, administrator and amateur ornithologist who worked for many years with Pasminco EZ Ltd in Tasmania and Newcastle, New South Wales. In Tasmania he was involved with studies on waders, especially the breeding biology of Pied...
- 2004 - Stuart LeslieStuart LeslieStuart Leslie is a Belizean public servant and ambassador. He served as Belize's Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 2000 to 2005. He served as Belize's Chief Elections Officer from September 2005 to December 2006. In January 2006 he took up a new appointment as the Ambassador of...
AM ( -2005)