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Tim Berra

American zoologist

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Also known as Tim M. Berra · Berra, T. M.

Born: August 31, 1943
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Birthplace: St. Louis
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: zoologist
, ichthyologist
, biologist
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-04-20
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Education: Saint Louis University
Employer: Ohio State University
, Charles Darwin University
, University of Papua New Guinea

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Tim M. Berra is academy professor and professor emeritus of evolution, ecology and organismal biology at Ohio State University. He received his MS (1967) and PhD in biology from Tulane University in 1969. He is a three-time recipient of Fulbright Fellowships to Australia in 1969, 1979, and 2009. He taught at the University of Papua New Guinea before joining the faculty of OSU in 1972. He has spent over 11 years doing fieldwork in Australia. He is known for his ichthyological research and biographies of Charles Darwin, Darwin's children and naturalist William Beebe. Berra has researched and written about the Murray cod, trout cod, Australian grayling, salamanderfish, galaxiids, megamouth shark and the nurseryfish. In 2009 the Smithsonian Institution received his collection of 260 species of rare fishes. In 2022 the National Center for Science Education (NCSE) presented Berra the "Friend of Darwin" award.

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Sex or gender: male
Given name: Tim
Family name: Berra
Field of work: ichthyology
freshwater fish

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