Norman Chaffer
Australian ornithologist, photographer and businessman
About Norman Chaffer
Lived 1899 – 1992 (aged 92–93). Norman Chaffer was an Australian ornithologist, photographer and cinematographer.
Norman Chaffer OAM, FRZS, RAOU (1899 – 22 November 1992) was an Australian businessman, a bird photographer and an amateur ornithologist. He was a pioneer of colour cinematography and won many awards. He was a member of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union (RAOU), President 1954–1955, and made a Fellow of the RAOU in 1991. He authored In Quest of Bowerbirds (Rigby, 1984) which was illustrated with his photographs. He was a recipient of the Medal of the Order of Australia.
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Who was Norman Chaffer?
Australian ornithologist, photographer and businessman
When was Norman Chaffer born?
Norman Chaffer was born in 1899.
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Norman Chaffer died in 1992.
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Norman Chaffer was an ornithologist, photographer and cinematographer.
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Norman Chaffer was Australian.
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