Tim Ealey

Eric Herbert Mitchell "Tim" Ealey, 29 March 1927[1] - 21 October 2020, was an Australian biologist, known for his contributions to science, the environment and conservation awareness and was the recipient of a Medal of the Order of Australia. Ealey has received international recognition for his works, and nationally acknowledged for a program that involved schools in rehabilitation of the environment.[2] Ealey was commemorated in the specific epithet of a tiny marsupial, Ningaui timealeyi, he discovered in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.[3] Amongst his works was research on the monotreme family of Tachyglossidae, the species of echidnas.[1] Ealey worked for the Antarctic Division in the 1950s, researching the fauna of Heard Island.[4][5] The Ealey Glacier there is named after him.

References

  1. ^ a b "Ealey, Eric Herbert Mitchell (Tim)". Records Archives. Monash University.
  2. ^ O'Brien, K. (9 June 2008). "Ealey receives Order of Australia medal". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
  3. ^ Archer, M. (1975). "Ningaui, a new genus of tiny dasyurids (Marsupialia) and two new species, N. timealeyi and N. ridei, from arid Western Australia". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 17: 237–249.
  4. ^ Burstall, T. (2012). The Memoirs of a Young Bastard: The Diaries of Tim Burstall, November 1953 to December 1954. The Miegunyah Press. p. 321. ISBN 9780522858143.
  5. ^ "Vale Dr Tim Ealey OAM 29 March 1927 - 21 October 2020". Monash University. Retrieved 2 December 2022.


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