Raymond Robert Forster

Raymond Robert Forster

Raymond Robert Forster (1922-2000) was a world renowned spider expert.cite web
url=http://philosophy.wisc.edu/forster/Lyn&Ray/RayForsterODTJuly2000.htm
title=World-rated zoologist classified many native NZ spiders
publisher=Otago Daily Times
date=2000-07-08
]

He wrote his first paper on spiders at the age of 17. He studied at Victoria University. He was an entomologist at the National Museum in Wellington from 1940 through 1947, with an interruption for military service.

More than 100 scientific papers and volumes were published bearing his name, including the definitive six-volume "Spiders of New Zealand", in co-authorship with international colleagues. He also published "Small Land Animals" and co-authored "NZ Spiders, An Introduction".

He researched and classified many of New Zealand's thousands of native spiders. He set up the Otago Museum's spider collection.

In 1961, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand and also received the society's highest honors, the Hutton and Hector medals, for outstanding scientific work in biological research.

In 1984 Dr Forster was recognized for his services to science and museology with a Queen's Service Order, and had earlier received the Queen's Silver Jubilee Medal.

A valley in Fiordland, Forster Burn, is named after him.

He was survived by a wife, two daughters, and two sons.

External links

cite web
url=http://www.rsnz.org/directory/yearbooks/year00/forster.php
title=Raymond Robert Forster, QSO DSc NZ Otago FRSNZ FESNZ FMANZ 1922-2000: Are you there?
first=Robert J.
last=Raven
publisher=Royal Society of New Zealand
year=2000

References


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Raymond Robert Forster — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Forster. Raymond Robert Forster, souvent abrégé en Ray Forster est un zoologiste néo zélandais, né le 19 juin 1922 à Hastings en Nouvelle Zélande et mort le 30 juin 2000. À 18 ans et après la publication de son… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Forster — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sommaire 1 Patronyme 1.1 Forster 1.2 För …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Géo Forster — était un acteur français. Il a participé, en tant que second rôle, à de nombreux films des années 1930 et 1940[1]. Géo Foster était spécialisé dans les personnages de mondains, parfois efféminés. Il fait ainsi partie des invités du marquis de la… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • 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

  • List of zoologists by author abbreviation — This is a list of zoologists by their surnames with abbreviated given names. A * Abe Tokiharu Abe (1911 ndash;1996) * Able Kenneth W. Able (b. 1945) * Abbott Charles Conrad Abbott (1843 ndash;1919) * Acerbi Giuseppe Acerbi (1773–1846) * Acero… …   Wikipedia

  • Zoólogos por abreviación de nombre — Anexo:Zoólogos por abreviación de nombre Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Esta es una lista de zoólogos que se encuentran referidos en la nomenclatura binomial, autores de especies o subespecies con nombres abreviados. Si no lo encuentra puede… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Anexo:Zoólogos por abreviatura del nombre — A continuación se presenta un listado de zóologos y la abreviatura correspondiente de sus nombres. Índice: principio A B C …   Wikipedia Español

  • Austrochilus forsteri — Austrochilus forsteri …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Liste der Biografien/Fo — Biografien: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • List of show business families — This is a list of show business families, compare it to List of U.S. political families. It is contemporary (in the sense that a professional offshoot should still be working in the twentieth or twenty first centuries) and should be expanded. The …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

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