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Dr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE (4 April 1901 - 1 July 1987) was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. Commanders Badge of the Order of the British Empire (Military division) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority...
Classes Caudofoveata Aplacophora Polyplacophora - Chitons Monoplacophora Bivalvia - Bivalves Scaphopoda - Tusk shells Gastropoda - Snails and Slugs Cephalopoda - Squids, Octopuses, etc. ...
Table of natural history, 1728 Cyclopaedia Natural history is an umbrella term for what are now usually viewed as several distinct scientific disciplines. ...
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Classes Caudofoveata Aplacophora Polyplacophora - Chitons Monoplacophora Bivalvia - Bivalves Scaphopoda - Tusk shells Gastropoda - Snails and Slugs Cephalopoda - Squids, Octopuses, etc. ...
"Baden" Powell was born at Wellington, New Zealand, on 4 April 1901. His schooling was in Auckland, and he trained in printing at the Elam School of Fine Arts. This training, and his interest in conchology, set him on his life's work. He published his first scientific paper on mollusca in 1921, and quickly rose to become one of the few experts in New Zealand shellfish. For other uses, see Wellington (disambiguation). ...
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The Elam School of Fine Arts, founded in 1890 by John Edward Elam is a part of Auckland University. ...
Conchology is the collection and study of the shells of mollusks. ...
Classes Caudofoveata Aplacophora Polyplacophora Monoplacophora Bivalvia Scaphopoda Gastropoda Cephalopoda †Rostroconchia †Helcionelloida †?Bellerophontidae The molluscs (British spelling) or mollusks (American spelling) are the large and diverse phylum Mollusca, which includes a variety of familiar animals well-known for their decorative shells or as seafood. ...
"Baden" Powell married Isabel Essie Gittos on 19 December 1928, at Devonport in Auckland. They had one son. Devonport as viewed from Mt Victoria. ...
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He was appointed to the Auckland War Memorial Museum as conchologist and palaeontologist in 1929, working with some of the lesser-known mollusc families. He also studied New Zealand’s large land snails, the Paryphanta, and the Placostylus flax snails. From 1932 Powell participated in dredging expeditions on the British research ship Discovery II around the Northland coast, discovering large numbers of new species. Other field trips from the 1930s to 1960 took him to Stewart Island, the Chatham Islands, the Kermadec Islands, Antarctica, and the sub-Antarctic region resulting in many important papers. Auckland War Memorial Museum The Auckland War Memorial Museum is one of New Zealands most important national museums and war memorials. ...
Conchology is the collection and study of the shells of mollusks. ...
A paleontologist carefully chips rock from a column of dinosaur vertebrae. ...
The Northland Region, one of the regions of New Zealand, is, as the name suggests, the northernmost of New Zealands administrative regions. ...
Stewart Island is the third largest island of New Zealand. ...
The Chatham Islands from space. ...
The Kermadec Islands are an island arc in the Pacific Ocean. ...
Greek ἀνταρκτικός, opposite the arctic) is a continent surrounding the Earths South Pole. ...
As well as producing more than 100 scientific papers, Powell wrote three notable books, of which his 500-page New Zealand Mollusca in 1979 was a mammoth and important contribution, the result of 50 years’ single-handed work.
Powell became a fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 1940 and was awarded the Hector Memorial Medal and Prize in 1947. In 1956 the University of New Zealand conferred on him an honorary DSc. He was made a CBE in 1981. The Royal Society of New Zealand was founded in 1851 and is the premier learned society in New Zealand. ...
The former University of New Zealand existed as New Zealands only degree awarding university from 1870 to 1961. ...
DSC is an initialism or abbreviation for: DCS1800 — European PCS frequencies in the 1800 MHz range. ...
Commanders Badge of the Order of the British Empire (Military division) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority...
His wife died in 1976, and on 2 December 1978 he was married at Whangarei to Ida Madoline Worthy (née Hayes). Baden Powell died at Auckland on 1 July 1987 survived by his second wife and his son from his first marriage. Whangarei (the initial consonant is pronounced F as in fa-nga-ray) is the northernmost city in New Zealand and the regional capital of Northland Region. ...
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For the song by The Smashing Pumpkins, see 1979 (song). ...
Bibliography - The shellfish of New Zealand 1937
- Native animals of New Zealand 1947
- New Zealand Mollusca 1979
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