George Campbell Munro

George Campbell Munro (born May 10, 1866 in Clevedon , New Zealand , † December 4, 1963 in Honolulu , Hawaii ) was a New Zealand-American ornithologist , entomologist and botanist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is " GC Munro ".

Live and act

Munro emigrated to Hawaii in 1890 and worked with Henry C. Palmer as a bird collector for Walter Rothschild until 1893 . From 1911 to 1928 he was the manager of the only cattle farm on Lānaʻi. In 1918 he initiated the creation of protected areas on Lānaʻi . From 1935 to 1937 he led the first large-scale bird exploration expedition to the Hawaiian Islands. In 1939 he was one of the founders of the Hawaiian Audubon Society , for whose journal “ Elepaio ” he wrote over 175 scientific articles. In the same year he became a member of the American Ornithologists' Union . In 1944 Munro's standard work " Birds of Hawaii " appeared, in which all of the Hawaiian bird taxa known at the time were described. In 1960 a revised version of the book was published.

Honors

The plant genus Munroidendron from the Araliaceae family, the extinct Lanai hooked beak ( Dysmorodrepanis munroi ), the ʻAkiapolaʻau ( Hemignathus munroi ) and the Munro Trail (an approximately 12 kilometer long game trail on Lānaʻi) are named after George Campbell Munro .

Works (selection)

• Birds of Hawaii , Revised Edition, June 1960, Olympic Marketing Corp, ISBN 0-8048-0063-4
• The Story of Lanai'i , 2007, Native Books Hawaii, Honolulu, ISBN 1-883528-31-3 (published posthumously from Munro's records)

literature

• Notes and News . In: The Auk . Vol. 81 , No. 2 , April 30, 1964, pp. 255 f . (English, online [PDF; 125 kB ; accessed on June 6, 2018]).
• Kepä Maly, Onaona Maly: He Wahi Mo'olelo No Läna'i . Working Paper - Collection of Native Traditions and Historical Accounts from the Island of Läna'i . Ed .: Kumu Pono Associates LLC . October 4, 2005 (English, online [PDF; 1.5 MB ; accessed on June 6, 2018]).
• Ron Walker : Excerpts from the Journal of George C. Munro . December 1890 to August 1891 . In: Elepaio - Journal of the Hawaii Audubon Society . Volume 67 , No. 4 , May 2007, pp. 29 (English, online [PDF; 2.6 MB ; accessed on June 6, 2018]).
• Michael Egan : Tale of Lanai is an instant classic . Collection of writings and images brings Lanai's history to life . In: Star Bulletin . Vol. 12 , Issue 176, June 25, 2007 (English, online [accessed June 6, 2018]).

Web links

• Charles H. Smith : Munro, George Campbell (New Zealand-United States 1866-1963) . Western Kentucky University , 2005, accessed June 6, 2018 . 
• Author entry and list of the described plant names for George Campbell Munro at the IPNI