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28-426: Happold is a surname, and may refer to: David Happold (born 1936), British-Australian mammalogist Edmund Happold (1930–1996), British structural engineer Frederick Crossfield Happold (1893–1971), British educational pioneer and author Tom Happold (contemporary), journalist at Guardian Unlimited [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with

56-586: A Lecturer and Senior Lecturer and finally as Reader in Zoology . In Australia, Happold and his students worked on many aspects of small mammal ecology in the subalpine and alpine regions of the Kosciuszko National Park , a few kilometres south of Canberra . The studies dealt with demography, reproductive strategies, habitat selection, food preferences, social behaviour, the effects of altitude (especially snowfall in winter) on many areas of life, and

84-873: A fee. The library was located in the School of Art until December 2023, when it was relocated to the Chifley Library building. The Chifley Library (named after Prime Minister Ben Chifley ) contains the main ANU social sciences and humanities collections relating to Australia, Europe and the Americas, as well as the Reserve Area for the social sciences and humanities. Principal subject areas covered include economics, education, fine art, history, languages, linguistics, literature, philosophy, political science, religion, sociology, women's studies and official documents. On 25 February 2018 all of

112-632: A wide range of legal resources for staff and students. The law collection houses statutes and case law from every Australian jurisdiction and several commonwealth countries. Special emphasis has been given to public and international law in the collection. The collections in the Menzies Library (named after Prime Minister Robert Menzies ) support Asia Pacific studies in the fields of history, anthropology, politics and international relations, literature and language, religion and philosophy. The library's holdings of Asian scholarly materials are considered to be

140-555: Is available under a 30-year rule (progressing to a 20-year rule by 2021) which means that records up to the mid-1980s can be generally used for research. The collection includes minutes of the ANU Council and other university committees, correspondence files, photographs, plans, and publications such as annual reports and the ANU Reporter. The papers of academic and senior staff of the university and university organisations are also part of

168-483: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles David Happold David Happold is the son of Frederick Crossfield (1893-1971) and his wife Dorothy Vectis Happold, née Halbach. From 1947 to 1955, he attended Bishop Wordsworth's School in Salisbury, where his father was a headmaster from 1928 to 1960. In 1955 - 1957, he spent two years on National Service, and after he obtained his officer's commission, he

196-682: The Red Sea ) to Cap-Vert in Senegal . He has also published over 100 scientific articles, often co-authored by his wife. For his achievements in African mammalian research, David Happold received the degree of Doctor of Science from the University of Cambridge in 1997, and was elected to an honorary life membership of the American Society of Mammalogists . In 2019, David and Meredith Happold were honoured in

224-592: The greater Egyptian gerbil ( Gerbillus pyramidum ). In April 1966, he moved to the University of Ibadan in Nigeria (one year before the outbreak of the Nigerian Civil War ) and began long-term studies on the demography of terrestrial small mammals in the rainforest , on distribution patterns of small mammals in the savanna areas, reproductive strategies of small mammals, and on the problems of species conservation in

252-650: The savanna swamp shrew ( Crocidura longipes ) from Nigeria in collaboration with German mammalogist Rainer Hutterer from the Museum Koenig in Bonn . In 1971, Happold published the monograph Wildlife Conservation in West Africa on the behalf of the IUCN . In 1973, the book Large Mammals of West Africa was published. In 1979, he wrote the book Ecology of African Mammals in collaboration with Michael James Delany. In 1984, he wrote

280-411: The surname Happold . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Happold&oldid=1178811341 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description

308-579: The 1820s to the early 21st century and include files, photographs, minutes of meetings, some staff and membership records, maps and plans, and publications such as trade journals and union newsletters. Some material may be closed because it is very recent or the owners' permission may be required before it can be used. The collection supports research on topics such as industrial relations, immigration, working women, indigenous employment, architecture, economic history, family history, social history in Australia and

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336-676: The Australian Agricultural Company, Burns Philip, CSR Ltd, Dalgety's,Tooth and Company and the Adelaide Steamship Company as well as those of smaller businesses such as pastoral stations. They hold records of federally registered trade unions and their predecessors, and of peak councils such as the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) and the National Farmers Federation. The records date from

364-723: The Pacific, and on particular industries such as agriculture, timber, shipping, mining, brewing, advertising and finance. In addition, the Archives contain the National AIDS Archive Collection, which documents the history of HIV/AIDS education and prevention throughout Australia. The Noel Butlin Archives collection is divided into the following categories: Companies, Organisations including trade unions and professional associations, Personal Papers, National AIDS Archive Collection, Maps, Photographs. The acquisition of material

392-651: The School of Art and School of Music. It is the principal fine arts library at the ANU, and holds material on visual arts in many formats including books, exhibition catalogues, videos, CD Roms, DVDs, slides (more than 70,000 35mm slides), journals and magazines. The ANU's music collections are also held in this library; material is held in many formats, including performance scores, CDs, LPs, books, collected works, journals and electronic databases. The library also provides free membership to Visual Arts Access & Open School of Music students . ACT schools and incorporated musical groups may borrow orchestral and choral sets for

420-519: The University Archives. The acquisition of material is governed by a collecting policy. The Noel Butlin Archives Centre (NBAC) collects business and labour records from Australian companies, trade unions, industry bodies and professional organisations. They are a national organisation interested in material from all states and territories. The NBAC holds the records of large companies such as

448-399: The books and other items, including precious and rare works, on the lower level were destroyed or damaged by flooding. The flooding also knocked out the building's electrical, air conditioning and IT systems. Over 100,000 books were destroyed by the flooding, representing up to 10 percent of the ANU's total holdings. The Hancock Library (named after historian William Keith Hancock ) houses

476-620: The chapter Small Mammals in the book Sahara Desert by John Cloudsley-Thompson , and in 1987 he published the book Mammals of Nigeria . This comprehensive reference book is the first field guide to list all 250 mammal species recorded in Nigeria. In 2011, Happold published African Naturalist: The Life and Times of Rodney Carrington Wood 1889-1962 on the game warden and lepidopterist Rodney Carrington Wood, who spent most of his life in Nyasaland (today Malawi). The six-volume work Mammals of Africa

504-454: The ecology of mosquitoes in the boreal forest of Alberta . In July 1963 he accepted a position at the University of Khartoum , where he changed his interests to mammalogy. During the three years he spent in Khartoum , he travelled the semi-desert regions of Sudan and studied small mammals. Most of his research included ecological studies of the lesser Egyptian jerboa ( Jaculus jaculus ) and

532-576: The establishment of the ANU Library in the development of the university was such that McDonald was appointed by the Interim Council before any of the professors [2] . Initially McDonald and several assistants were housed in Ormond College at the University of Melbourne [3] , where they began to form the collection. At the end of 1950 the collection, which had grown to approximately 40, 000 volumes,

560-538: The most comprehensive among Australian university libraries and are well compared internationally. In addition, the Menzies Library together with the ANU Archives constitute a major resource centre for Pacific studies. ANU rare books and special collections are housed in a closed access collection held in the Rare Book Room in the R. G. Menzies Building. Notable special collections include: The ANU Archives preserves

588-632: The national parks. David Happold lived in Nigeria for 12 years until he and his wife Meredith, an Australian zoologist, were forced to leave the country in 1977 by various circumstances. They moved to Australia and David Happold took up a post at the Zoology Department of the Australian National University in Canberra . From January 1977 until his retirement in August 1998, he worked firstly as

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616-477: The principal ANU science collections, in over 900 current serials and over 200,000 monographs. The main subject areas covered include general science, history and philosophy of science, science policy; the mathematical and computing sciences; psychology; biological sciences; environmental science; forestry; geography; geology; and engineering and technology. The Law Library, located in the ANU College of Law provides

644-596: The problems of nature conservation in mountain habitats. He also continued his research work in Africa. From 1984 to 1985, and from 1993 to 1994, he was a visiting professor at the University of Malawi in Zomba . In collaboration with his wife, he conducted long-term studies on small mammals (rodents, shrews, sengis and bats). This work resulted in many publications in international and local journals. All these publications are available on 'Research Gate'. In 1983, Happold described

672-562: The specific name Parahypsugo happoldorum , a species of bat from Guinea and Liberia . Australian National University Library The Australian National University Library is part of the Australian National University in Canberra , one of the world's major research universities. The Australian National University (ANU) Library has its foundations in the appointment of the first University Librarian, Arthur Leopold Gladstone McDonald (1898–1981) in early 1948 [1] . The importance of

700-512: The university's own archives and collects archives of business, trade unions, professional associations and industry bodies, to support research by the university community and the general public. It collects in two areas, the University Archives and the Noel Butlin Archives Centre. The University Archives hold a range of material dating from the late 1920s relating to the history of The Australian National University. This material

728-611: Was posted (as a subaltern) to the 3rd Battalion of The Kings African Rifles in Kenya. In 1957, he matriculated at Peterhouse , University of Cambridge , where he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1960 (Master of Arts 1965). In 1960 he went to Canada , where he attended the University of Alberta in Edmonton until 1963; here he conducted field research on the ecology and distribution of mosquitoes near Flatbush and Athabasca . In April 1963, he submitted his PhD thesis entitled Studies on

756-578: Was published in 2013, with David Happold as co-editor besides Jonathan Kingdon , Meredith Happold , Thomas M. Butynski , Jan Kalina and Michael Hoffmann . It received the Dartmouth Medal of the American Library Association in 2014. In 2018, Happold published Africa from East to West in which he describes a journey he made between 1965 and 1967 from Massawa in Eritrea (on the coast of

784-472: Was transferred to Canberra, to be located in the Canberra Community Hospital and nearby huts [4] . Over the course of the 1950s the collection grew steadily, and by the time of McDonald's retirement in 1960 the collection had grown to 150,000 volumes (excluding pamphlets) [5] . The ANU Library collection is housed in five specialised library branches. The Art and Music Library services both

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