Biography.guide
Home › People › Herpetologist › Tim Halliday
Portrait of Tim Halliday

Tim Halliday

1945 – 2019

College teacher, herpetologist, author

Herpetologist Animal painterPainter
Don't just read it — keep itBiographies to ownE-book · Audio · Video From $7 →

About Tim Halliday

Lived 1945 – 2019 (aged 73). Tim Halliday was a British herpetologist, animal painter, painter, environmentalist, biologist and university teacher.

Professor Timothy Richard Halliday was a British herpetologist and artist.

He was born on 11 September 1945 in Marlborough, Wiltshire, to Edna (née Barlow) who was a housemistress at Marlborough College, her husband, Jack Halliday was a biology teacher there.

He was educated at Marlborough College, then studied zoology at Oxford University, where his doctoral thesis was on the sexual behaviour of newts.

He joined the Open University in 1977, as a lecturer in biology, and by his retirement in 2009 was a professor of biology.

Between 1990 and 1998 he seat on the council of the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), as well as chairing its conservation committee.

He married Carolyn Wheeler (who had been the first female pupil at Marlborough College) in 1970. and had three children and two grandchildren. An ZSL symposium on amphibian diseases held in late April 2019 was also dedicated to Halliday.

Publications

Halliday T. 1980. Sexual Strategy. -(Survival in the Wild). Oxford and Melbourne: Oxford University Press. 158 pp. . O'Shea M, Halliday T. 2002. Smithsonian Handbooks: Reptiles and Amphibians. London: DK Publishing. 256 pp. .

Biography shop

Don’t just read it —
keep it.

Full-length biographies made to live with: read them, listen on the way to work, watch them tonight.

  • E-book
  • Audio
  • Video
Browse the shop — from $7

Instant download · yours to keep · every purchase keeps this site free

Important facts

Birth century
Nationality
Education
Marlborough College, University of Oxford
Employers
The Open University
Also known as
Timothy Richard Halliday, Timothy Halliday, T. R. Halliday, Timothy R. Halliday

People in Tim Halliday's life

Named in this biography and alive at the same time

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Tim Halliday's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Tim Halliday?

college teacher, herpetologist, author

When was Tim Halliday born?

Tim Halliday was born on 11 September 1945 in Marlborough.

When did Tim Halliday die?

Tim Halliday died on 10 April 2019.

What was Tim Halliday's occupation?

Tim Halliday was a herpetologist, animal painter, painter, environmentalist, biologist and university teacher.

What nationality was Tim Halliday?

Tim Halliday was British.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Tim Halliday

· Wikidata: Q64551669

· DBpedia: Tim Halliday

Cite this page

APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Tim Halliday. https://biography.guide/tim-halliday/

MLA: "Tim Halliday." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/tim-halliday/.

Chicago: "Tim Halliday." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/tim-halliday/.

Data last updated: 2026-09-20 · Spot an error? Report a correction.

Page generated 2026-09-27 05:31 UTC