Judith Eveleigh King (1926–2010, also known as Judith Marlow) was a British zoologist whose specialist area was pinnipeds, more commonly known as seals.[1]
Judith King | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Died | Maitland, New South Wales, Australia |
| Nationality | British |
| Other names | Judith Marlow |
| Alma mater | University of London |
| Spouse | Basil Marlow |
| Awards | Fellow of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, Honorary member of the Society of Marine Mammalogists |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | marine mammalogy |
Education and career
editKing graduated with honours from the University of London in 1948. She worked for 20 years in London at the Natural History section of the British Museum, and from 1969 to 1984 in the zoology department of the University of New South Wales. She retired from her position as Principal Scientific Officer in 1968. As well as publishing scholarly papers on taxonomy, her books Marine Mammals with Richard Harrison, and Seals of the World (1964, updated 1983) are standard reference works.[1]
King participated in the 1972–1973 Auckland Islands Expedition where she studied the New Zealand sea lion on the Auckland Islands.[2]
Awards
editKing was made a Fellow of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales in December 1987. She was a charter member of the Society of Marine Mammalogists and was made an Honorary Member in 2000. [1]
Personal life
editKing married Basil Marlow who was the Curator of Mammals at the Australian Museum in Sydney. After her marriage she was generally known as Judy Marlow. She died in April 2010 at Maitland, in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales. Australia.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Shaughnessy, P. (2012), "Judith King 1926–2010", Marine Mammal Science, 28 (4): 797–800, doi:10.1111/j.1748-7692.2012.00596.x
- ^ Brian Douglas Bell (1975). "General Account of the Auckland Islands Expedition 1972–73". Department of Lands and Survey Reserves Series. 3: 27–49. ISSN 0110-6546. Wikidata Q125494914.