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THE BONE LIBRARY - One of the leading lights of comparative anatomy in New Zealand was Thomas Jeffrey Parker, who from 1880 until his early death in 1897, was a professor of biology at the University of Otago and curator of Otago Museum.
Parker was a force of scientific enquiry and a masterful teacher who produced more than 40 scientific papers and numerous textbooks on biology.
He was also an extraordinary preparator of animal remains. Many of his exquisite bone articulations are on display at Otago Museum, while a collection of painted skulls, with their individual bones artfully colour-coded, is still in use by university students a century after it was made.
To this day, no one has managed to match Parker’s skill and prowess at using this technique.
Shot on assignment for New Zealand Geographic Issue 164 July - August 2020.
Read the Feature: https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/the-skeleton-crew/
Photograph: Painted Ling Skull, Genypterus blacodes VT3272
Richard Robinson © 2020.
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THE BONE LIBRARY - One of the leading lights of comparative anatomy in New Zealand was Thomas Jeffrey Parker, who from 1880 until his early death in 1897, was a professor of biology at the University of Otago and curator of Otago Museum.<br /> Parker was a force of scientific enquiry and a masterful teacher who produced more than 40 scientific papers and numerous textbooks on biology.<br /> He was also an extraordinary preparator of animal remains. Many of his exquisite bone articulations are on display at Otago Museum, while a collection of painted skulls, with their individual bones artfully colour-coded, is still in use by university students a century after it was made.<br /> To this day, no one has managed to match Parker’s skill and prowess at using this technique.<br /> Shot on assignment for New Zealand Geographic Issue 164 July - August 2020.<br /> Read the Feature: https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/the-skeleton-crew/<br /> Photograph: Painted Ling Skull, Genypterus blacodes VT3272<br /> Richard Robinson © 2020. <br /> Rights managed image. No Reproduction without prior written permission.