Norman Joseph Favaloro (15 August 1905 – 25 October 1989) was an Australian
lawyer
A lawyer is a person who practices law. The role of a lawyer varies greatly across different legal jurisdictions. A lawyer can be classified as an advocate, attorney, barrister, canon lawyer, civil law notary, counsel, counselor, solic ...
and amateur
ornithologist
Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the "methodological study and consequent knowledge of birds with all that relates to them." Several aspects of ornithology differ from related disciplines, due partly to the high visibility and th ...
and
zoologist. Norman was born in Bendigo. He practiced law in
Mildura,
Victoria where he lived most of his life. In 1940 he was appointed an Honorary Associate in the Ornithology Department of the
National Museum of Victoria, an association he retained the rest of his life. He made three trips to the
subantarctic, visiting
Macquarie Island,
Heard Island and
Kerguelen Island. At Macquarie Island he collected
king penguins and their eggs for the National Museum of Victoria. His own notable egg collection was also bequeathed to the Museum.
He joined the
Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union (RAOU) in 1923 at the age of eighteen, and served the organisation as President 1952–1954, and Treasurer 1965–1968.
References
*McEvey, A.R. (1991). Obituary. Norman Joseph Favaloro. ''Emu'' 91: 258–259.
*Robin, Libby. (2001). ''The Flight of the Emu: a hundred years of Australian ornithology 1901-2001''. Carlton, Vic. Melbourne University Press.
Favaloro, Norman
1905 births
1989 deaths
Egg collectors
20th-century Australian zoologists
20th-century Australian lawyers
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