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Life Summary

Name	Gregory Macalister Mathews
Born	10 September, 1876 Merrygoen, New South Wales, Australia
Died	27 March, 1949 (aged 72) Winchester, Hampshire, England
Cause of Death	cancer (not specified)
Related Entries	[View as tree] Mathews, Marian Cecile (wife) Mathews, Alister William (son) Wynne, Dulcie Mirian (stepdaughter) Wynne, Richard Owen (stepson) Wynne, Florence Mariamne (daughter-in-law) White, Isabella Mary (mother-in-law) White, Mary Helen (mother-in-law) White, Margaret Isabel (sister-in-law) White, Ivy Beatrice J. (sister-in-law) White, Frederick George (brother-in-law) White, George (uncle by marriage) White, Hester (niece by marriage) White, Margaret (niece by marriage) Macleod, Eve Beatrice (niece by marriage) Campey, Nancy Marion I (niece by marriage) Thomson, Faith Lerinda (niece by marriage) Stainsby, Cecily (niece by marriage) West, Rosemary (niece by marriage) White, Roger George (nephew by marriage) White, Maurice Henry (nephew by marriage) White, Owen James (nephew by marriage)
Education *	Singleton Grammar School (NSW) (student, 1887-1889) King's School (Parramatta, Sydney) (student, 1890-1894)
Occupation or Descriptor *	ornithologist (1894-1900) Queensland, Australia natural history collector (1902-1939) Overseas ornithologist (1902-1939) Overseas ornithologist (1940-1945) Australian Capital Territory, Australia autobiographer/memoirist (1942-1942) Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Awards	Commander of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1939)
Key Organisations *	Royal Society of Edinburgh (Scotland) (fellow)

* Dates are approximate