Difference between revisions of "Paul Francis Lawson"
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During the war years he was called up to the HQ of the 6th Calvary Unit, 11 January 1940 to 31 December 1947. During 1953-54, [http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/about/history/rastirton.php Ruben Arthur "Stirt" Sirton] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley UC Berkeley] visited the SA Museum and Lawson accompanied him in the search of tertiary fossils at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Callabonna Lake Callabonna] leading to the discovery of primitive members of several marsupial families. Stiron invited Lawson back to Berkeley, and during 1955-56 Lawson performed paleontological laboratory work under Stirton as a Visiting Specialist. Lawson rose to Senior Preparator and retired from the SA Museum in 1979. | During the war years he was called up to the HQ of the 6th Calvary Unit, 11 January 1940 to 31 December 1947. During 1953-54, [http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/about/history/rastirton.php Ruben Arthur "Stirt" Sirton] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley UC Berkeley] visited the SA Museum and Lawson accompanied him in the search of tertiary fossils at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Callabonna Lake Callabonna] leading to the discovery of primitive members of several marsupial families. Stiron invited Lawson back to Berkeley, and during 1955-56 Lawson performed paleontological laboratory work under Stirton as a Visiting Specialist. Lawson rose to Senior Preparator and retired from the SA Museum in 1979. | ||
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| + | In 1939, Lawson was asked to skin a black ape from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelaide_Zoo Adelaide Zoo] that had died of unknown cause. Immediately after, Lawson was hospitalized for two weeks with an undiagnosed illness. The symptoms were alternating hot and cold fever. Lawson's prior personal activities in gym work and amateur wrestling, came to an end as a result. | ||
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Revision as of 13:52, 25 April 2009
Paul Francis Lawson (born 9 Aug 1918, Adelaide) was the museum taxidermist that was commissioned to make the plaster cast bust of the Somerton Man.
Early years
Lawson was raised in Prospect, South Australia and educated at Thebarton Technical School. He then completed a short stint at the South Australian Government Trade School, at Kintore Avenue, in Adelaide.
Career
He joined the South Australian Museum as an assistant taxidermist in 1936. During the war years he was called up to the HQ of the 6th Calvary Unit, 11 January 1940 to 31 December 1947. During 1953-54, Ruben Arthur "Stirt" Sirton of UC Berkeley visited the SA Museum and Lawson accompanied him in the search of tertiary fossils at Lake Callabonna leading to the discovery of primitive members of several marsupial families. Stiron invited Lawson back to Berkeley, and during 1955-56 Lawson performed paleontological laboratory work under Stirton as a Visiting Specialist. Lawson rose to Senior Preparator and retired from the SA Museum in 1979.
The black ape incident
In 1939, Lawson was asked to skin a black ape from the Adelaide Zoo that had died of unknown cause. Immediately after, Lawson was hospitalized for two weeks with an undiagnosed illness. The symptoms were alternating hot and cold fever. Lawson's prior personal activities in gym work and amateur wrestling, came to an end as a result.
