Theodore Thomson Flynn

Theodore Thomson Flynn (11 October 1883 - 23 October 1968) was an Australian biologist and a professor in both Tasmania and Ireland. He was born in Coraki, New South Wales, Australia and died in Liss, Hampshire, England. He became a biology lecturer at the University of Tasmania in 1909, becoming professor in 1911 and teaching there until 1930. [ [http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/biogs/P001056b.htm Flynn, Theodore Thomson - Bright Sparcs Biographical entry ] ]

Flynn then relocated to Northern Ireland where he served as the Chair of Zoology at Queen's University of Belfast from 1931-1948. After the Belfast Blitz Flynn was the Chief Casualty Officer for the city. [ [http://multitext.ucc.ie/d/Professor_T_T_Flynn_with_his_wife Multitext - Professor T. T. Flynn with his wife ] ] He was the father of the actor Errol Flynn, and indeed named one new species that he discovered - Gibbonsia erroli - after his son.

External links

* http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/biogs/P001056b.htm
* [http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080556b.htm Australian Dictionary of National Biography entry]

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