James Cook

James Cook

male, deceased (1779)
explorer, From Middlesbrough, Explorer of Australia, Royal Navy, endeavour, MeRchAnT NavY…Kingdom of Great Britain, greatbarrierreef
Captain James Cook FRS RN (27 October 1728 (O.S.) – 14 February 1779) was an English explorer, navigator and cartographer. Ultimately rising to th...

Owen Stanley

male, deceased (1850)
captain, Royal Navy, Bishop of Norwich, FRS, Explorer of the Pacific, Royal Navy officer…greatbarrierreef
Captain Owen Stanley FRS RN (June 13, 1811 – March 13, 1850) was commander of HMS "Rattlesnake" on a four year exploratory expedition to New Gu...
Daniel Solander

Daniel Solander

male, deceased (1782)
Botanical collectors active in Australia, Orkney Islands, Student of Linnaeus, swedish, uppsala university, Botanists active in Australia…greatbarrierreef
Daniel Carlsson Solander or Daniel Charles Solander was a Swedish botanist. Solander was born in Piteå, Norrland, Sweden and was the son of a L...
Randy Olson

Randy Olson

male
Harvard University, USC Cinema School, You Ruined My Career, Barnacles Tell No Lies, Telluride Film Festival, USC School of Cinematic Arts…greatbarrierreef
Randy Olson lived a whole life as a marine biologist, but got so frustrated with boring documentary films about his profession that he quit being a...
Robert M. Carter

Robert M. Carter

male
global warming, stratigraphy, Australian, Academic, sedimentology, sydney morning herald…greatbarrierreef
Robert M. "Bob" Carter is a research professor in the Marine Geophysical Laboratory at James Cook University, Australia. He is a geologist and...
Moss Cass

Moss Cass

male
Australian, Lake Pedder, Moses (Moss) Henry Cass, Sustainable Living Foundation, Australian National Biocentre, Narrogin…greatbarrierreef
Moses (Moss) Henry Cass (born 18 February 1927) is a former member of the Australian House of Representatives. Born in Narrogin, Western Australia,...
Steve Turre

Steve Turre

male, 61 years old
musician, From Omaha, Nebraska, greatbarrierreef, American jazz trombonist, middle C, caribbean
Steve Turre (born September 12, 1948 in Omaha, Nebraska) is an internationally renowned trombonist, recording artist, arranger, and educator. In...

Joseph Jukes

male, deceased (1869)
new guinea, cambridge university, Geologist, Naturalist, Java, English…greatbarrierreef
Joseph Beete Jukes (October 10, 1811 - July 29, 1869), born to John and Sophia Jukes at Summer Hill, Birmingham, England, was a renowned geologist,...
Alan Riverstone McCulloch

Alan Riverstone McCulloch

male, deceased (1925)
Honolulu, new guinea, zoologist, Ichthyologist, Australian, zoology…greatbarrierreef
Alan Riverstone McCulloch was an Australian zoologist. McCulloch was born in Sydney, and began his scientific career at the age of 13 as an unpaid...
Ernest Clayton Andrews

Ernest Clayton Andrews

male, deceased (1948)
Botanist, Geologist, Australian, Sierra Nevada, botany, mathematics…greatbarrierreef
Ernest Clayton Andrews was an Australian geologist and botanist. Andrews was born in Balmain, New South Wales, second child of Fearleigh Leonard...