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John Yaldwyn
John Yaldwyn, when Assistant Director of the National Museum, 1976.
Born
John Cameron Yaldwyn

(1929-12-31)31 December 1929
Wellington, New Zealand
Died9 October 2005(2005-10-09) (aged 75)
Wellington, New Zealand
Alma mater
Partner
Barbara Mary Haldane
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(m. 1956⁠–⁠2003)​
Scientific career
FieldsCarcinology
Institutions

John Cameron Yaldwyn (31 December 1929 – 9 October 2005) was a New Zealand

crustacea and was the director of the National Museum of New Zealand, leading that institution from 1980 to 1989, prior to its reformation as Te Papa.[1][2][3]

Early life and education

John Yaldwyn was born in Wellington to Flora Morison Yaldwyn and John Bradley Yaldwin. John Bradley Yaldwin was a barrister and chairman of the Local Government Commission.[4][5] From an early age his interest in natural history was fostered by the local environment of eastern Wellington.[6]

From 1949 to 1958 Cameron studied zoology at Victoria University under the parasitologist and ichthyologist L. R. Richardson.[6] His MSc and PhD theses on New Zealand shrimps and prawns were published in 1954 and 1959.[citation needed]

Career

In 1954 Yaldwyn was a member of the 1954 Chatham Islands expedition where he studied crustacea.[7] He returned to the Dominion Museum as Assistant Director in 1969.[6][8] The Dominion museum was renamed the National Museum of New Zealand in 1973, and Yaldwyn became its Director in 1980.[1][9]

He retired as Museum Director in 1989.[1] However he continued working at Te Papa as an Honorary Research Associate until shortly before his death, managing to finish several projects that been started earlier in his career.[citation needed]

Selected publications

  • Wikidata Q88303924
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  • John Cameron Yaldwyn (1954), A preliminary survey of the New Zealand crustacea Decapoda Natantia with an appendix on the Reptant Genus Nephrops...,
    Wikidata Q127415457
  • John Cameron Yaldwyn (1959), The New Zealand natant decapod crustacea ; systematics, distributionand relationships,
    Wikidata Q127415804

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Bartle, Sandy (May 2006). "John C. Yaldwyn 1929–2005" (PDF). Te Ara Journal. 31 (1): 54.
  2. ^ Miskelly, Colin (11 July 2016). "John Yaldwyn and the frog crab". Te Papa’s Blog. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Obituary". Archaeology in New Zealand. 48 (4): 293–295. 2005.
  4. ^ "John Bradley Yaldwyn". DigitalNZ. 1932. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Yaldwyn, John Bradley, 1900-1975 : Papers". Tiaki | Alexander Turnbull Library.
  6. ^ a b c "Dr John C. Yaldwyn". AGMANZ News / The Art Galleries & Museums Association of New Zealand. 4 (2): 33–34. 1973 – via National Digital Heritage Archive.
  7. Wikidata Q66412141
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  8. ^ Dekker, Diana (22 December 2005). "From marine biologist to museum director". The Dominion Post (2nd ed.). p. 6.
  9. ^ National Art Gallery, Museum, and War Memorial Act 1972.
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