Anthony Whitaker

Anthony Hume Whitaker MNZM (5 September 1944 – 20 February 2014) was a New Zealand herpetologist, contributing a 50-year career of fieldwork, pioneering research and species discoveries. His is still the largest collection of reptile and amphibian specimens donated to Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.

Not to be confused with Indian herpetologist, Romulus Whitaker.
For the English composer, see Anthony Whittaker.

Anthony Whitaker

MNZM
Whitaker in 2010
Born
Anthony Hume Whitaker

(1944-09-05)5 September 1944
Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England
Died20 February 2014(2014-02-20) (aged 69)
Orinoco, Tasman District, New Zealand
CitizenshipNew Zealand
Alma materVictoria University of Wellington
Scientific career
FieldsHerpetology
InstitutionsDSIR
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