Scott Hocknull
Scott Hocknull is a vertebrate palaeontologist and Senior Curator in Geology at the Queensland Museum in Brisbane. He was the 2002 recipient of the Young Australian of the Year Award.[1]
He is the youngest Australian to date to hold a museum curatorship and has described and named 10 new species and four new genera.[2]
References
- ↑ "Young Australian of the Year 2002". National Australia Day Council. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- ↑ Profile at UNSW.edu
External links
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Preceded by James Fitzpatrick |
Young Australian of the Year 2002 |
Succeeded by Lleyton Hewitt |
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