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Theodore Thomson Flynn MBE FLS FZS FRS MRIA (11 October 1883 – 23 October 1968) was an Australian zoologist and marine biologist and a professor in both Tasmania and the United Kingdom. He was the father of the actor Errol Flynn.
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- 11 October 1883, Coraki, New South Wales, Australia
- 23 October 1968 (aged 85), Liss, Hampshire, England
Flynn’s Antarctic connection is commemorated in the name of Flynn Lake on the west coast of Macquarie Island. He developed a considerable interest in marine science, and became a strong advocate for science-based development of fisheries in Tasmania and at the national level.
Theodore Thomson Flynn (1883-1968), zoologist, and Errol Leslie Flynn (1909-1959), film actor, were father and son. Theodore was born on 11 October 1883 at Coraki, New South Wales, son of John Thompson Flynn, cordial manufacturer, and his wife Jessie, née Thomson.
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8 de jul. de 1990 · Professor Eric Guiler, School of Zoology, Sunday Tasmanian, 8 July 1990. Born in 1883, Theodore Thomson Flynn received a Bachelor of Science at the University of Sydney before teaching high school science, then chemistry and physics at Newcastle and Maitland Technical Colleges.
In April 1909, Theodore Thomson Flynn arrived in Tasmania to become the first lecturer in the newly established department in biology at the University of Tasmania. The University itself was then nineteen years old, having been established in June 1890.
Theodore Thomson Flynn Tasmania's first Professor of Biology. Zoological research. Thylacine skull, 1919. Bettong taxidermy. Bettong specimen. Flynn is credited with being one of the first scientists to warn of the thylacine’s impending extinction. David Owen & David Pemberton, 2005 Tasmanian Devil: A Unique and Threatened Animal.
Theodore Thomson Flynn MBE FLS FZS FRS MRIA (11 October 1883 – 23 October 1968) was an Australian zoologist and marine biologist and a professor in both Tasmania and the United Kingdom. He was the father of the actor Errol Flynn. Quick Facts Born, Died ...
