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John Cameron Yaldwyn (31 December 1929 – 9 October 2005) was a New Zealand carcinologist who made significant contributions to the study of New Zealand crustacea and was the director of the National Museum of New Zealand, leading that institution from 1980 to 1989, prior to its reformation as Te Papa.




Early life and education


John Yaldwyn was born in Wellington to Flora Morison Yaldwyn and John Bradley Yaldwin. John Bradley Yaldwin was a barrister and chairman of the Local Government Commission. From an early age his interest in natural history was fostered by the local environment of eastern Wellington.
From 1949 to 1958 Cameron studied zoology at Victoria University under the parasitologist and ichthyologist L. R. Richardson. His MSc and PhD theses on New Zealand shrimps and prawns were published in 1954 and 1959.




Career


In 1954 Yaldwyn was a member of the 1954 Chatham Islands expedition where he studied crustacea. He returned to the Dominion Museum as Assistant Director in 1969. The Dominion museum was renamed the National Museum of New Zealand in 1973, and Yaldwyn became its Director in 1980.
He retired as Museum Director in 1989. However he continued working at Te Papa as an Honorary Research Associate until shortly before his death, managing to finish several projects that been started earlier in his career.




Selected publications


John S Garth; Janet Haig; J C Yaldwyn (16 February 1967). "The Decapod Crustacea of the Royal Society Expedition to Southern Chile, 1958-59*". Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, zoology. 8 (16): 169–186. ISSN 0372-1396. Wikidata Q88303924.
John Cameron Yaldwyn (1954), A preliminary survey of the New Zealand crustacea Decapoda Natantia with an appendix on the Reptant Genus Nephrops..., Victoria University of Wellington, Wikidata Q127415457
John Cameron Yaldwyn (1959), The New Zealand natant decapod crustacea ; systematics, distributionand relationships, Victoria University of Wellington, Wikidata Q127415804




See also


List of carcinologists




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• John Yaldwyn
• Stout-legged wren
• Christ's College, Christchurch
• 1954 Chatham Islands expedition
• William Yaldwyn
• Prawn
• 1962–1963 Dominion Museum expedition
• Storm King Dam
• Foss Leach
• Yaldwyn's triplefin