Patrick Quilty

Australian paleontologist

PersonDied aged 79humanQ22253117

Also known as Pat Quilty · Patrick Gerard Quilty · P. G. Quilty · Patrick G. Quilty

Born: March 20, 1939
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1.Stated in Virtual International Authority FileRetrieved 2018-05-25
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Died: August 26, 2018
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Birthplace: Corrigin
Place of death: South Hobart
Citizenship: Australia
Occupation: paleontologist
, geologist
Education: University of Western Australia
, University of Tasmania
, St. John Fisher College
Employer: University of Tasmania
, Australian Antarctic Division

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Patrick Gerard Quilty was an Australian geologist and paleontologist who specialised in the surface and subsurface earth sciences of Antarctica. The Quilty Nunataks are named for his initial service in Antarctica, at which time he was connected to the University of Wisconsin. He later continued his Antarctic service with the University of Tasmania, rising to the position of chief scientist with the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) of the Australian Department of the Environment.

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Sex or gender: male
Given name: Patrick
Family name: Quilty
Member of: Royal Society of Tasmania
Awards: Member of the Order of Australia(June 9, 1997) subject named as: Professor Patrick Gerard QUILTY · award rationale: FOR SERVICE TO GEOSCIENCE, PARTICULARLY AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, AND ITS PROMOTION INTERNATIONALLY. AM S191 1997
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1.Stated in Australian Honours Search Facilityhonours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/886145
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Doctoral student: Catherine Reid
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1.figshare.utas.edu.au/articles/thesis/The_Permian_bryozoa_of_Tasmania_New_South_Wales_and_southern_Thailand_their_taxonomy_biostratigraphy_palaeoecology_and_biogeography/23244794
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