Joseph M Forshaw is one of Australia’s foremost
ornithologists. Prior to his retirement, he held a senior position
with the Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service. He is a
Research Associate in the Department of Ornithology at the
Australian Museum, Sydney, and is a Corresponding Fellow of the
American Ornithologists Union. In 1977 he was awarded a Queen
Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal for his services to ornithology
and conservation. It was in the early 1960s, while working as a
biologist with the then CSIRO Division of Wildlife Research, that
he turned a lifelong fascination with birds into a serious academic
interest, and his efforts were rewarded in 1964 when he was granted
a Frank M. Chapman Memorial Fellowship by the American Museum of
Natural History to study specimens of Australian parrots in
collections at that institution. In partnership with the eminent
Australian bird artist William Cooper, he has produced a number of
widely acclaimed books.
aWilliam T Cooper AO is Australia’s leading
natural history artist. In collaboration with Joseph Forshaw, he
has illustrated several ornithological books including Parrots of
the World, The Birds of Paradise and Bower Birds,Australian
Parrots, Kingfishers and Related Birds and Turacos. In 1990 he was
awarded the Philadelphia Academy of Science (USA) Gold Medal, and
in 1994 he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for
his contribution to art and to ornithology. In 2014 he received an
Honorary Doctorate from the Australian National University. A
collection of Cooper’s original paintings is owned by the National
Library of Australia, another two collections are owned by the
State Library of NSW (Mitchell Library), and many others are in
private collections around the world.
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has a serious interest in the birds of Australia."--Ian Paulsen
"The Birdbooker Report" (11/1/2015 12:00:00 AM)
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