Richard Ellis (biologist)

Richard Ellis (April 2, 1938 – May 21, 2024) was an American marine biologist, author, and illustrator. He was a research associate in the American Museum of Natural History's division of paleontology,[1] special adviser to the American Cetacean Society,[2] and a member of the Explorers Club.[3] He was a U.S. delegate to the International Whaling Commission[4] from 1980 to 1990.[5]

Despite no formal training in marine biology, painting or writing, his paintings have been exhibited in galleries and museums around the world, and his murals can be seen in the Denver Museum of Natural History, the New Bedford Whaling Museum in Massachusetts,[6] and Whaleworld, a museum in Albany, Western Australia.[7] He authored and illustrated more than two dozen books on marine life.[8]

  1. ^ "Whale trainer death tied to mating, isolation". NBC News. February 25, 2010. Archived from the original on July 5, 2021. Retrieved September 20, 2016.
  2. ^ "Richard Ellis, ME '68". University Press of Kansas. Archived from the original on March 27, 2023. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
  3. ^ "The Explorers Club". www.explorers.org. Archived from the original on June 29, 2016. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
  4. ^ Finch, Robert (February 23, 1992). "Nothing Wasted but the Whale". The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 30, 2024. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
  5. ^ Lewis, Tony. "Author Ellis to sound alarm about 'Empty Ocean'". New Bedford Standard-Times. New Bedford, MA. Archived from the original on May 30, 2024. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
  6. ^ "Whaling museum offers 24-hour Moby Dick reading". The Providence Journal (Massachusetts ed.). January 2, 1998. p. C.04.
  7. ^ "Albany's Historic Whaling Station". Children's University Australasia and Africa (IO). Archived from the original on July 5, 2021. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
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