Hedley Herbert Finlayson

Hedley Herbert Finlayson
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Adelaide, 19 ga Maris, 1895
ƙasa	Asturaliya
Mutuwa	1991
Karatu
Makaranta	Jami'ar Kudancin Australia
Sana'a
Sana'a	naturalist (en) , mammalogist (en) , zoologist (en) da mai daukar hoto
Kyaututtuka	gani Sir Joseph Verco Medal  (1960)

Hedley Herbert Finlayson (1895-1991) masanin ilimin dabbobi ne na Australiya, marubuci kuma mai daukar hoto. Yana da alaƙa da Gidan Tarihin Kudancin Australia, an san shi da bincike mai zurfi da bincike kan dabbobi masu shayarwa a Tsakiyar Australia da kuma rubuta ilimin 'yan asalin yankin.

Rayuwa ta farko

An haife shi a birnin Adelaide na Australiya, na huɗu daga cikin 'ya'ya biyar da suka tsira na Finette (Nettie) Finlayson née Champion, matar Ebenezer Finlayson, mai tasiri mai ba da kuɗi, mai fafutukar siyasa da marubuci a jaridar jihar The Register . Ya yi karatu a Kwalejin Kyre da ke Mitcham, Kudancin Australia (yanzu Kwalejin Scotch), kuma ya yi karatun kimiyya a Jami'ar Adelaide .

Ayyuka

Sanyen sunadarai

Yayinda yake karatu a Jami'ar Kudancin Ostiraliya, Finlayson ya zama ma'aikaci a cikin ƙaramin matsayi ta sashen ilmin sunadarai a matsayin mai zanga-zangar, ya kasance a wannan matsayi har zuwa 1918. Finlayson ya ji rauni a jerin hatsarori na dakin gwaje-gwaje a lokacin da ya fara aiki, gami da fashewa a 1913 wanda ya haifar da asarar hannunsa na hagu da na dama. A cikin 1917 Finlayson ya shiga kwamitin da ke nazarin kaddarorin Xanthorrhoea (itace-itace na ciyawa), wanda aka fitar dashi da yawa zuwa Jamus - kafin barkewar yaƙi tsakanin kasashe - kuma ana zargin an yi amfani da shi wajen kera fashewa. Sauran ayyukan sunadarai sun haɗa da warewar mahadi na kwayoyin halitta da aka yi amfani da su azaman launi daga mai cin nama mai cin ganyayyaki Drosera whittakeri.

Ilimin dabbobi

Finlayson ya fara bincike a fannin ilimin dabbobi masu shayarwa kuma an nada shi a matsayin matsayi na girmamawa a Gidan Tarihin Kudancin Australia, ya ci gaba a can a matsayin mai kula har zuwa 1965. Wataƙila aikin da ya yi a Ostiraliya na masanin kimiyya na Ingila Wood Jones ne ya rinjayi sha'awarsa ta farko ga dabbobi masu shayarwa. A lokacin da aka nada shi, ya riga ya ajiye samfurori na dabbobi tare da gidan kayan gargajiya. Ayyukansa na filin ya fi mayar da hankali kan dabbobi masu shayarwa na tsakiya mai busasshiyar Ostiraliya, a cikin jiharsa da Yankin Arewa. Finlayson kuma ƙwararren mai ɗaukar hoto ne kuma ya yi amfani da wannan ƙwarewa sosai wajen rubuta tafiye-tafiyensa da abubuwan da ya gano. An lura da rubuce-rubucensa da bayaninsa a matsayin cikakkun bayanai da rajista.

Kyauta

An bayar da rahoton cewa taken littafin Finlayson The Red Center ya shahara da kalmar ga hamada na Ostiraliya.

An girmama shi saboda bincikensa a cikin epithet da sunan microbat, nau'in tsakiya na Australiya Vespadelus finlaysoni, wanda ake kira Finlayson's cave bat.