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Name	Hedley Herbert Finlayson
Born	19 March, 1895 Mitcham, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Died	29 July, 1991 (aged 96) North Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Related Entries	[View as tree] Jones, Frederic Wood (influence)
Education *	Scotch College (Adelaide) (student, 1906-1910) University of Adelaide (student, 1910-1913)
Occupation or Descriptor *	chemist (1914-1958) South Australia, Australia mammalogist (1930-1980) South Australia, Australia museum curator (1930-1965) South Australia, Australia natural history collector (1930-1980) South Australia, Australia organic chemist (1930-1980) South Australia, Australia ornithologist (1930-1980) South Australia, Australia
Awards	Sir Joseph Verco Medal (Royal Society of South Australia) (recipient, 1960) John Lewis Medal (recipient, 1962)
Key Events *	settler/indigenous contact
Workplaces *	University of Adelaide (chemistry) (academic, 1914-1958) South Australian Museum (honorary associate, 1927-1930) South Australian Museum (honorary curator, 1930-1965)

* Dates are approximate