Oscar Werner Tiegs
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| Born | 12 March 1897 Kangaroo Point, Brisbane, Australia |
| Died |
5 November 1956 (aged 59) Hawthorn, Melbourne, Australia |
| Citizenship | Australia |
| Institutions |
University of Adelaide University of Melbourne |
| Known for | Contributions to the phylogenetic division of arthropoda |
| Notable awards |
David Syme Research Prize (1928) Clarke Medal (zoology) (1956) Fellow of the Royal Society (1944) Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (1954) |
Oscar Werner Tiegs FRS FAA (12 March 1897 – 5 November 1956) was an Australian zoologist whose career spanned the first half of the 20th century.
His contribution to the division of the phylum arthropoda into two parts, one including insects, myriapods, and velvet worms, and the other including trilobites, crustaceans, and arachnids, is considered to be an important contribution to zoology. He was acknowledged as having a remarkable ability for apt and beautiful drawings, and as being an excellent microscopist, as having a great capacity for meticulous accuracy, persistent work, and shrewd illicitation of relationships from massive detail. He is considered one of Australia's great zoologists and as having a permanent place in the history of zoology.
He was a Doctor of Science (University of Adelaide), a Fellow of the Royal Society, and a founding Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science.
Oscar Tiegs' father, Prussian born Otto Theodor Carl Tiegs, and mother, Helene Caroline Ottilie, née Meyer, from Hanover, migrated to Australia from Germany. The Royal Society states that Otto Tiegs had careers in both pharmacy and engineering, and had a high regard for learning, while others state that he was a merchant. In particular, in 1920 under oath, Otto Tiegs described himself as a merchant.
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