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Ewan Fordyce

New Zealand paleontologist
Person Human Q21338090

Facts

19 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[19]
Date of birth
July 14, 1953
Date of death
November 10, 2023
Place of birth
Dunedin
Country of citizenship
New Zealand[5]
Occupation
paleontologist
Employer
University of Otago, Monash University, National Museum of Natural History[8][9][10]
Position held
professor emeritus, full professor[6][7]
Educated at
University of Canterbury[11]
Award received
Hutton Medal, Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi[17][18]
Doctoral advisor
Malcolm Clive Crawley, David I. MacKinnon[12][13]
Doctoral student
Gabriel Aguirre-Fernández, Robert W. Boessenecker, Felix G. Marx, Carolina Loch Santos da Silva, Cheng-Hsiu Tsai, Jeffrey H. Robinson, Jeffrey D. Stilwell, Richard Kohler, Yoshihiro Tanaka, Michael P Beentjes, Ambre Coste, Joshua E. Corrie, Mathew R. Vanner[20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32]
Academic degree
Doctor of Philosophy[33]
Academic thesis
The morphology and systematics of New Zealand fossil cetacea[37]
Family name
Fordyce[34]
Given name
Ewan, Robert[35][36]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
NZThesisProject, WikiProject Smithsonian Names[38][39]
Student
Henry James Leonard Gard, Lachie Scarsbrook, Marcus D. Richards[14][15][16]
🏷️ Also known as
en Ewan Fordyce en R. E. Fordyce en RE Fordyce en R. Ewan Fordyce en Robert E Fordyce en Robert Ewan Fordyce
🔖 Identifiers · 31
ISNI
0000000116541037
ORCID iD
0000-0002-2656-730X
VIAF cluster ID
60656582
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n88605572
GND ID
160530369
OpenAlex ID
A5090503654
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Ewan Fordyce in 2012 (cropped).jpg ↗
BHL creator ID
235051
BIBSYS ID
9076900
Bionomia ID
Ewan Fordyce
CONOR.SI ID
174615651
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf11519291
Show all 31 identifiers +19
Dimensions author ID
0616256457.07
Google Scholar author ID
ED2KESgAAAAJ
IMIS person ID
32608
IdRef ID
14082054X
LinkedIn personal profile ID
ewan-fordyce-a7319a75
NSK (VIAF) ID
000556949
NSK ID
981005687855709366
NUKAT ID
n2009098006
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810539258505606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
323173632
RERO ID (legacy)
A017628752
ResearchGate profile ID
Robert-Fordyce
Scopus author ID
6701311525
Springer Nature person ID
0616256457.07
Te Papa agent ID
16416
The Conversation author ID
466154
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJpdPxJVyVp4QwG9tcdvpP
Yale LUX ID
person/aff9a10f-d4ff-478e-b4e9-62733efa8ebb
ZooBank author ID
311048BF-4642-412E-B5DA-E01B8C03B802

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Summary

Ewan Fordyce was born on July 14, 1953[1], in Dunedin[2]. He died on November 10, 2023[3]. He worked as a paleontologist[4].

FAQs

Where was Ewan Fordyce born?

Ewan Fordyce was born in Dunedin[2].

What did Ewan Fordyce do for work?

Ewan Fordyce worked as a paleontologist[4].

Where did Ewan Fordyce go to school?

Ewan Fordyce was educated at University of Canterbury[11].

What awards did Ewan Fordyce receive?

Honors received include Hutton Medal[17] and Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi[18].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . otago.ac.nz. Retrieved . otago.ac.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . ORCID Public Data File 2020. Retrieved . pub.orcid.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . orcid.org. Retrieved . orcid.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . ORCID Public Data File 2021. Retrieved . pub.orcid.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . ORCID Public Data File 2023. Retrieved . pub.orcid.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [17] ↑ . odt.co.nz. Retrieved . odt.co.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [18] ↑ . royalsociety.org.nz. Retrieved . royalsociety.org.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [20] ↑ . Neogene dolphins from New Zealand: implications for the evolution of the family Kentriodontidae. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [21] ↑ . Anatomy, ontogeny, functional morphology, taphonomy, and phylogenetic relationships of archaic toothless mysticetes (Eomysticetidae) from the Oligocene of New Zealand. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [22] ↑ . The evolutionary relationships and disparity of baleen whales (Mysticeti). hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [23] ↑ . Morphology, structure and evolution of teeth in fossil and modern odontocetes (Cetacea). hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [24] ↑ . Pattern, process, and early radiation in baleen whale evolution: Late Oligocene Mysticeti from New Zealand. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [25] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [26] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [27] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [28] ↑ . otago.ac.nz. otago.ac.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [29] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [30] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [31] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [32] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [33] ↑ . royalsociety.org.nz. Retrieved . royalsociety.org.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [1] ↑ . tributes.co.nz. Retrieved . tributes.co.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [3] ↑ . tributes.co.nz. Retrieved . tributes.co.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [14] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [15] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [16] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [38] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 26d ago · DrThneed · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Doctoral student → Gabriel Aguirre-Fernández, Robert W. Boessenecker, Felix G. Marx +1
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #60586: matched doctoral"
  2. 4w ago · BornOnTheCob · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of Wikimedia project → NZThesisProject, WikiProject Smithsonian Names
    "Created claim: On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Smithsonian Names, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1791918931218"
  3. 6w ago · Printstream · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Award received → Hutton Medal, Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi
    BHL creator ID → 235051
    Scopus author ID → 6701311525
    Doctoral student → Gabriel Aguirre-Fernández, Robert W. Boessenecker, Felix G. Marx +1
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    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #56927: Import places of birth, death from dewiki"
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