Ernest Thomas Gilliard

Ernest Thomas Gilliard

Ernest Thomas Gilliard (23 November 191226 January 1965) was an American ornithologist and museum curator who led or participated in several ornithological expeditions, especially to South America and New Guinea.

Gilliard was born in York, Pennsylvania. He began a lifelong association with the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York in 1932 by working there as a volunteer. In 1933 he was employed there as an assistant and subsequently passed through the full range of promotions to become Curator of Birds in 1963, dying unexpectedly in office two years later, in his 53rd year, of a sudden heart attack.

During the 1930s Gilliard was involved in expeditions to Quebec, Newfoundland and Venezuela, and in the 1940s to Brazil, the Philippines and New Guinea. The 1950s saw more expeditions, not only to New Guinea, but also to Nepal and the West Indies. New Guinea, and especially its Birds of Paradise and bowerbirds, kept drawing him back, and he led a total of five expeditions there, his final one in 1964.

As well as numerous papers in the scientific publications of the AMNH, he wrote many illustrated articles for "Natural History" and the "National Geographic Magazine". He wrote "Living Birds of the World" (1958), "Birds of Paradise and Bower Birds" (1969), and coauthored (with Austin L. Rand) the "Handbook of New Guinea Birds" (1967). Gilliard was an expert photographer and cinematographer; he was involved in making the documentary "Search for Paradise" (1957), which was directed by Otto Lang.

References

* [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1134/is_n8_v107/ai_21191226 Lawrence, Jenny. (1998). The passionate naturalist - ornithologist E. Thomas Gilliard. "Natural History" (October 1998).] Downloaded 13 March 2007
* Mayr, Ernst. Foreword in: “Gilliard, E. Thomas. (1969). "Birds of Paradise and Bower Birds". Series: The World Naturalist. Weidenfeld & Nicholson: London”. ISBN 0-297-17030-9


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Ernest Thomas Gilliard — (* 23. November 1912 in York, Pennsylvania; † 26. Januar 1965 in New York City) war ein amerikanischer Ornithologe.[1] Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Leben 2 Ehrungen …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Gilliard — is a family name. It may refer to:* Ernest Thomas Gilliard (1912 1965), American ornithologist * Larry Gilliard Jr., African American character actor * Pierre Gilliard (1879 1962), Swiss citizen and French tutor for the five children of Tsar… …   Wikipedia

  • Gilliard — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Ernest Thomas Gilliard (1912–1965), US amerikanischer Ornithologe Lawrence Gilliard junior (* 1971), US amerikanischer Schauspieler Pierre Gilliard (1879–1962), von 1904 bis 1917 Erzieher und Hauslehrer… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Liste de zoologistes — Attention, il n est pas d usage en zoologie d utiliser d abréviation pour les noms des auteurs (contrairement aux usages de la botanique, voir ici). Cette liste ne constitue pas une liste officielle. Nous attirons l attention du lecteur sur son… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • William Henry Phelps — (W. H. Phelps; * 14. Juni 1875 in New York City; † 8. Dezember 1965 in Caracas, Venezuela) war ein US amerikanischer Ornithologe und Geschäftsmann. Später nahm er die venez …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Liste De Zoologistes —  Attention, il n est pas d usage en zoologie d utiliser d abréviation pour les noms des auteurs (contrairement aux usages de la botanique, voir ici). Cette liste ne constitue pas une liste officielle. Nous attirons l attention du lecteur sur …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Liste de zoologiste — Liste de zoologistes  Attention, il n est pas d usage en zoologie d utiliser d abréviation pour les noms des auteurs (contrairement aux usages de la botanique, voir ici). Cette liste ne constitue pas une liste officielle. Nous attirons l… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Liste des zoologistes par leur abréviation d'auteur — Liste de zoologistes  Attention, il n est pas d usage en zoologie d utiliser d abréviation pour les noms des auteurs (contrairement aux usages de la botanique, voir ici). Cette liste ne constitue pas une liste officielle. Nous attirons l… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Saphiramazilie — ( Amazilia lactea) Systematik Klasse: Vögel (Aves) Ordnung …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Rostnacken-Buschammer — ssp. A. l. latinuchus gemalt von John Gerrard Keulemans Systematik Klasse …   Deutsch Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”