Theodore Thomson Flynn

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Theodore Thomson Flynn (11 October 1883 - 23 October 1968) was an Australian biologist and a professor in both Tasmania and Ireland. He was born in Coraki, New South Wales, Australia and died in Liss, Hampshire, England. He became a biology lecturer at the University of Tasmania in 1909, becoming professor in 1911 and teaching there until 1930.[1]

Flynn then relocated 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.[2] He was the father of the actor Errol Flynn, and indeed named one new species that he discovered - Gibbonsia erroli - after his son.

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  1. ^ Flynn, Theodore Thomson - Bright Sparcs Biographical entry
  2. ^ Multitext - Professor T. T. Flynn with his wife


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