Ernest Thomas Gilliard (23 November 1912 – 26 January 1965) was an American ornithologist and museum curator who led or participated in several ornithological expeditions, especially to South America and New Guinea.
Gilliard was born in York, Pennsylvania. He began a lifelong association with the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York in 1932 by working there as a volunteer. In 1933 he was employed there as an assistant and subsequently passed through the full range of promotions to become Curator of Birds in 1963, unexpectedly dying in office two years later, in his 53rd year, of a sudden heart attack.
During the 1930s Gilliard was involved in expeditions to Quebec, Newfoundland and Venezuela, and in the 1940s to Brazil, the Philippines and New Guinea. The 1950s saw more expeditions, not only to New Guinea, but also to Nepal and the West Indies. New Guinea, and especially its birds-of-paradise and bowerbirds, kept drawing him back, and he led a total of five expeditions there, his final one in 1964.
In addition to numerous papers in the scientific publications of the AMNH, he wrote many illustrated articles for Natural History and the National Geographic Magazine. He wrote Living Birds of the World (1958), Birds of Paradise and Bower Birds (1969), and coauthored (with Austin L. Rand) the Handbook of New Guinea Birds (1967). Gilliard was an expert photographer and cinematographer; he was involved in making the documentary Search for Paradise (1957), which was directed by Otto Lang.
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Lawrence, Jenny. (1998). The passionate naturalist – ornithologist E. Thomas Gilliard. Natural History (October 1998). Downloaded 13 March 2007
Mayr, Ernst. Foreword in: “Gilliard, E. Thomas. (1969). Birds of Paradise and Bower Birds. Series: The World Naturalist. Weidenfeld & Nicolson: London”. ISBN0-297-17030-9
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ernest, thomas, gilliard, november, 1912, january, 1965, american, ornithologist, museum, curator, participated, several, ornithological, expeditions, especially, south, america, guinea, born, 1912, november, 1912york, pennsylvania, diedjanuary, 1965, 1965, ag. Ernest Thomas Gilliard 23 November 1912 26 January 1965 was an American ornithologist and museum curator who led or participated in several ornithological expeditions especially to South America and New Guinea Ernest Thomas GilliardBorn 1912 11 23 November 23 1912York Pennsylvania U S DiedJanuary 26 1965 1965 01 26 aged 52 New York U S Scientific careerFieldsOrnithologist curatorInstitutionsAmerican Museum of Natural History New YorkGilliard was born in York Pennsylvania He began a lifelong association with the American Museum of Natural History AMNH in New York in 1932 by working there as a volunteer In 1933 he was employed there as an assistant and subsequently passed through the full range of promotions to become Curator of Birds in 1963 unexpectedly dying in office two years later in his 53rd year of a sudden heart attack During the 1930s Gilliard was involved in expeditions to Quebec Newfoundland and Venezuela and in the 1940s to Brazil the Philippines and New Guinea The 1950s saw more expeditions not only to New Guinea but also to Nepal and the West Indies New Guinea and especially its birds of paradise and bowerbirds kept drawing him back and he led a total of five expeditions there his final one in 1964 In addition to numerous papers in the scientific publications of the AMNH he wrote many illustrated articles for Natural History and the National Geographic Magazine He wrote Living Birds of the World 1958 Birds of Paradise and Bower Birds 1969 and coauthored with Austin L Rand the Handbook of New Guinea Birds 1967 Gilliard was an expert photographer and cinematographer he was involved in making the documentary Search for Paradise 1957 which was directed by Otto Lang References editLawrence Jenny 1998 The passionate naturalist ornithologist E Thomas Gilliard Natural History October 1998 Downloaded 13 March 2007 Mayr Ernst Foreword in Gilliard E Thomas 1969 Birds of Paradise and Bower Birds Series The World Naturalist Weidenfeld amp Nicolson London ISBN 0 297 17030 9 nbsp nbsp nbsp This article about an American ornithologist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ernest Thomas Gilliard amp oldid 1155011247, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
