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Gatliff, John Henry (1848 - 1935)
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Conchologist and Naturalist
Born: 17 May 1848  Leeds, Yorkshire, England.  Died: 14 September 1935  South Yarra, Victoria, Australia.
John Henry Gatliff worked in the banking industry from the age of 18 until he retired in 1912. However, he is most noted for his studies of shells. This life-long interest saw Gatliff discover several new species of shells including Conus segravei (1891), Voluta spenceriana (1908) and V. gatliffi (1910). He also wrote many important publications including the nine-part Catalogue of the marine shells of Victoria (written with GB Pritchard). From 1907 he teamed up with Charles Gabriel and over the next twenty-three years they regularly updated the catalogue, published twenty-seven papers and described forty-five new taxa. John Gatliff was appointed Honorary conologist at the National Museum of Victoria in 1933.
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1857Migrated to Australia (Geelong, Victoria) with family
1880 - Member of the Field Naturalists' Club
1880Joined the Commercial Bank of Australia
1883Publication of first article: "The Pecten" in Southern Science Record
1885 - 1889Manager of the Commercial Bank of Australia, Heathcote branch
1889 - 1895Manager of the Commercial Bank of Australia, Collingwood branch
1891Described a new species of Victorian molluscs Conus segravei
1895 - c. 1910Manager of the Commercial Bank of Australia, Carlton branch
1898 - 1906Catalogue of the Marine Shells of Victoria (written with G.B. Pritchard) published in 9-parts
1910 - 1912Inspector of the Commercial Bank of Australia
1912Retired
1933 - Honorary Conologist at the National Museum of Victoria

 
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