Theodore Thomson Flynn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Australian zoologist
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Place of Birth: Coraki, New South Wales, Australia
About Theodore Thomson Flynn
- Theodore Thomson Flynn (11 October 1883 - 23 October 1968) was an Australian marine biologist and a professor in both Tasmania and the United Kingdom. Flynn was born in Coraki, New South Wales, Australia, the son of Jessie B.
- (née Thomson) and John Flynn.
- He became a biology lecturer at the University of Tasmania in 1909, becoming professor in 1911 and teaching there until 1930.
- He married his wife, Lily Mary (Marelle) Young on 23 January 1909.
- Flynn then moved to Northern Ireland where he served as the Chair of Zoology at Queen's University of Belfast from 1931-1948.
- After the Belfast Blitz Flynn was the Chief Casualty Officer for the city.
- He was the father of film actor Errol Flynn, and named one new species that he discovered – Gibbonsia erroli – after his son.
- Theodore Flynn died in Liss, Hampshire, England.
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